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What Is Nanoemulsion and What Does It Mean for Cannabis Beverages?

The Cannigma

One study from 2005 stated that oral THC “is only 4% to 12% bioavailable and absorption is highly variable.”. Better tinctures and solid edibles with nanoemulsions? Cannabis tinctures are an effective delivery method, but their preparation requires soaking cannabis flower in alcohol.

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Best strains and terpenes for focus and flow state

The Cannigma

Should you reach for a joint or a tincture? Oral delivery methods like tinctures and edibles have a longer effect time, while inhaled cannabis (like smoking or vaping) delivers results quickly, but also fades quickly. It’s 3pm – the last stretch of the work day, and your mind is jumping around. How you consume matters too.

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Best strains and terpenes for working out

The Cannigma

Oral cannabis (like edibles or tinctures) have a slower onset time but the effects last longer overall. A 2005 preclinical study of several terpenes found that pinene acts as an “inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase”, which is an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. The best way to consume cannabis for working out.

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Best strains and terpenes for being outside

The Cannigma

Orally consumed cannabis, from edibles or tinctures, takes longer to kick in but also lets the experience marinate for longer. Inhaled cannabis from smoking or vaporizing kicks in quickly – within minutes – but also fades quickly, typically peaking around 30 minutes and fading by hour three.

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Former NFL Player Says Marijuana Helped Him Cope After ALS Diagnosis

Cannabis Law Report

He famously blocked a punt in a game against the Atlanta Falcons that lead to the Saints scoring their first points since the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Gleason ended up using a cannabis tincture. Steve Gleason played for the New Orleans Saints from 2000 to 2006. Gleason received his ALS diagnosis in 2011.

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Hemp, Inc. Acquires Leading Manufacturer of Hemp Products

Cannabis Law Report

Ferris was founded and began operations in 2005 and has been the manufacturer of the King of Hemp ® smokable product line for Hemp Inc. King of Hemp ® Tinctures are currently sold out, but new-formulation tinctures will be available at the King of Hemp® online store and at retail locations very soon. WHAT IS HEMP, INC.?

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Sisters of the Valley. The nuns whose religion is cannabis

Leaf Science

In 2005 following a horrendous divorce which left her penniless and homeless, the Milwaukee native left the Netherlands and returned to the United States with her 3 young children, to live with her brother and his children. Sister Kate now had 8 pounds of plant material to launch her first batch of salves and tinctures.