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Survey Reveals Almost Half of Canada’s MMJ Patients Reduced Their Alcohol and Opioid Consumption

Veriheal

New data published in the Journal of Cannabis Research claims that almost one in two authorized medical cannabis patients in Canada managed to either completely stop or reduce their intake of controlled substances, such as alcohol and opioids , by using cannabis. As of 2020, the market was worth CAD $2.6 billion (USD $2 billion).

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Terpene Spotlight: Phytol

FloridaMarijuana.net

Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. When terpenes and cannabinoids interact together, there is a heightened efficacy for medical marijuana patients. Terpenes are can be thought of like the essential oils of the cannabis plant.

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Marijuana for Nausea: Helping Cancer Patients for Decades

Greencamp

Marijuana for nausea became FDA approved and available for medicinal use in 1985 in the US, and Canada legalized it for these purposes back in 2001. Since then, countless patients found relief in cannabis, even though most of the times doctors would only recommend it when all other “mainstream” options were exhausted. References.

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Serbian Patients Face Jail as Medical Marijuana Legalisation Stalls. so far 20 have gone to jail

Cannabis Law Report

Few medicines have helped him, but his condition drastically improved after he started treating himself with cannabis oil in 2001. “I Patients are in a terrible situation. Fifty-nine-year old Dragoljub Mrdjic has suffered from epilepsy for most of his life. I tried standard medicine, but there wasn’t much of a result.

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Terpene Spotlight: Pulegone

FloridaMarijuana.net

Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. The trained staff at the Medical Marijuana Treatment Center will assist each patient in selecting the appropriate cannabis products. According to P.M.

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Doctors to Debate Medical Pot as More Patients Expected to Ask for Prescriptions

Puff Puff Post

VANCOUVER — Doctors with opposing views on whether medical marijuana should be prescribed for various conditions agree on one thing: their profession is ill-prepared to deal with patients asking for a drug that lacks adequate clinical research. “So I think a lot of the claims are false.”

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Cannabis Terpenes, Part 3: A Few of Our Favorite Terpenes

FloridaMarijuana.net

Edition (2001): Medicinal plants contain a variety of bioactive compounds such as terpenes, which are composed of essential oils. These oils emit scents and flavors which contribute to the plant’s efficacy. . According to P.M. Dewick in Medicinal Natural Products: A Biosynthetic Approach. Terpenes are found throughout the the plant world.

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