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What is CBD? Everything you need to know

The Cannigma

However, the scientific data on CBG is nowhere near as developed as what we have on CBD. The first mention of it we found on the web was a 2012 news article from the Los Angeles Times , telling the story of then-five-year-old Jayden David, a boy who was suffering from Dravet syndrome, a rare form of treatment-resistant epilepsy.

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CBD Ban: Brits Take Up Fight And Send Lawyers To Brussels

Cannabis Law Report

In the case of CBD, this includes extracts, oils and other derived products that are intended for ingestion by humans. They are taking issue with the change by the EU in its submission for the term ‘cannabinoids’ states: “Extracts of Cannabis sativa L.

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Best strains and terpenes for sleep

The Cannigma

Below are recommendations mostly based on extrapolated animal data and studies on essential oils from plants. 15 16 Terpinolene extracted from flower oil was identified as a “potent suppressor of the central nervous system” in a 2011 preclinical trial. In other words, this is a starting point but it’s far from definitive.

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How Good Is Cannabis for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?

Greencamp

A very comprehensive and systematic review of 34 studies (conducted over a 50-year period) from 2014 on cannabis and MS concluded that oral cannabis extracts are very effective in relieving muscle spasms, and possibly effective in treating other symptoms as well. ( Gaining muscle control with cannabis seems attainable for some patients.

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CDC study finds teen pot treatment admissions plummeted

SpeedWeed

CDC data aligns with most surveys. The CDC data comports with a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics in 2019 that surveyed 1.4 The CDC data comports with a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics in 2019 that surveyed 1.4

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Cannabis and climate crisis: Do consumers need to take more responsibility?

The Cannigma

An estimate from 2012, when cannabis production was much lower than it is today, found that indoor cannabis cultivation consumes 20 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and produces 15 million metric tons of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere each year. “The pharmaceutical industry energy expenditure.

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Article – PEW: Workers Who Legally Use Cannabis Can Still Lose Their Jobs

Cannabis Law Report

It was always going to be a heavy lift: The bill raised legal questions—particularly about the medical marijuana provisions—since Colorado’s 2012 ballot measure that legalized pot sales affirmed employers’ right to restrict worker marijuana use. Within two weeks of filing the bill in early February, state Rep. To Test, or Not to Test?