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Cannabis? Weed? Marijuana? Why what we call it matters

The Cannigma

Some are botanical (“cannabis sativa”), some steeped in history and discrimination (“marijuana”) and others just good for a giggle (“the devil’s lettuce”). Fast forward to the modern era, and cannabis was widely used as a medical treatment around the world, including the US. Maybe more than all of them put together.

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8 Best Cannabis Strains for PMS

Miss Marijuana

Traditional treatments for PMS include over-the-counter medications like aspirin and ibuprofen and antidepressants to manage emotional symptoms. Cannabis creams and topicals are a popular choice for cramps as well and are applied directly to the skin. Cannabinoid Profile: sativa-dominant hybrid. Best Cannabis Strains for PMS .

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Cannabis & sex: a woman’s guide

The Cannigma

While female struggles with desire and arousal can sometimes end up at a diagnosis like Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder (FSIAD) and treatments like drugs and hormones, these labels can frame women as “cases” to be approached methodically: problem, symptoms and medications. Topical, vape, smoke or edible?

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Here’s What Neuroimaging Can Tell Us About the Psychedelic Experience

SpeedWeed

That is, unless you’re living inside of a comic book universe — then use all the gamma radiation you want. This isn’t like the indica and sativa of cannabis (which actually doesn’t even exist ). Psilocybin and LSD have shown a remarkable potential to help treatment-resistant depression. You might create the next Avenger.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). upcoming seminars).

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Shemshemet: Cannabis in Ancient Egypt

SpeedWeed

As noted in The Mummy Congress: Under the reign of the pharaohs, Egyptian traders had bartered avidly for seeds of Cannabis sativa. They retted the stems and twisted the fibers into sturdy ropes and ground the plant to make a soothing eyewash, a treatment they recorded in the medical papyri. Pringle, 2001). Gebrauch es als Salbe.”

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Minorities in cannabis, with Steven Philpott Jr.

The Cannigma

I love the fact that we’re really starting to lean into this more because I think it’s a topic that deserves attention. CP: Yeah, I mean, you start to open this book. This ruderalis, this variety, still cannabis sativa, interestingly enough, is actually found in northern latitudes. CP: Tell me that.