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Cannabinoids for Tinnitus?

Project CBD

The CBD she took may or may not have helped, but according to a recent survey of tinnitus patients, she wasn’t alone in trying — or at least in being interested in cannabis as a potential remedy. But many more patients were willing to try, perhaps as an indication of the intractability of chronic tinnitus.

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GW suffers major blow as US sinks bid to patent cannabinoids for epilepsy

Cannabis Law Report

British firm GW Pharmaceuticals is licking its wounds after US judges tossed out its attempt to patent multiple cannabinoids for epilepsy treatment following an eight-year battle. The patent, which has been embroiled in dispute since 2010, is for “the use of one or more cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy”.

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The Fall of South Dakota’s Cannabis Industry

Veriheal

Medical marijuana ended up on the ballot once again in 2010, but this initiative also failed at 36% in favor to 63% not in favor. A medical patient could end up in jail for possessing even small amounts of marijuana. If authorized, medical patients can cultivate up to two flowering and two non-flowering cannabis plants.

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Using Cannabis for ALS: Benefits, Research and Best Strains

Greencamp

Because of the very rapid progression of ALS in the majority of patients, understanding how cannabis could help in the alleviation of symptoms is incredibly important for ALS sufferers. Both upper and lower motor neurons suffer severe damage in ALS patients. As few as 10% of ALS patients live longer than 10 years after being diagnosed.

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Guardian Report: Inside one of the first licensed medical cannabis labs in Britain

Cannabis Law Report

The company is following in the footsteps of GW Pharmaceuticals, a trailblazer that developed the first cannabis-based medicine to be licensed in the UK in 2010, Sativex for multiple sclerosis, which costs about £2,000 a year. However, NHS prescribing of the mouth spray remains very limited and varies across the country.

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How Medical Marijuana Helps Floridians With Qualifying Conditions

LifeCannMD

Here’s a breakdown of how cannabis might help those with Florida qualifying conditions : Florida Cancer Patients : Patients say that it benefits them in several ways: by quelling nausea, suppressing vomiting resulting from chemotherapy, increasing appetite, alleviating pain, and soothing anxiety.

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Report: “Key pharmacological differences between side effects of refined, pharmaceutical CBD formulations and whole plant extracts:”

Cannabis Law Report

Side effects were very prevalent in 79% of all patients taking a refined CBD product, some of which were severe like thrombocytopenia and transaminase elevations in the liver. Review: During an open-label trial of pure CBD with Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet patients, 79% of all patients reported side effects.