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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Forget About Indica and Sativa: How Terpenes Affect Your Cannabis. The old school conventional wisdom used to divide cannabis into the broad categories of indica, sativa, and hybrid. And conventional wisdom used to say that indicas were better for relaxing and sleep, while sativas were more energetic and creative.

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Cannabinoid-Bathed Worms Want to Binge on High-Calorie Foods

Veriheal

Historical sources show that people as early as 300 BCE were aware of cannabis’ appetite-stimulating effects —particularly for sweet and savory food—but who’d have thought that worms (that’s right, worms) also get a case of “the munchies” after being exposed to cannabinoids?

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Marijuana Terpenes: What They Are, Why You Need Them, How To Use Them

Cannabis Cheri

Forget About Indica and Sativa: How Terpenes Affect Your Cannabis As research into cannabis and terpenes progresses, it is changing a lot of what we used to think we knew about marijuana. The old school conventional wisdom used to divide cannabis into the broad categories of indica, sativa, and hybrid.

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Senators Push for Updates to FDA Regulation of CBD Food Products and Dietary Supplements

Canna Law Blog

With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the proliferation of food products containing CBD, we’ve been writing extensively about how the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and in particular, the United States Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) apply to the interstate sale of CBD products.

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Exporting CBD Food Just Got Harder: The European Union Makes a Move

Canna Law Blog

The United States is not the only international actor, however, that is concerned with regulating the sale of CBD products, including CBD-infused foods. The European Food Safety Authority (“ EFSA ”), the European equivalent of the U.S. extracts of Cannabis sativa L. extracts of Cannabis sativa L.

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The Curious Case of Cannabis Sativa

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Not only that, but the enormous potential of cannabis has been confined to its psychoactive and intoxicating qualities, and although great, there is so much more from the panacea of the plant kingdom including fuel, food, shelter and paper to name but a few, yet they have taken a back seat throughout this cannabis boom.

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Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduces Bill to Regulate Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD in Food

Cannabis Law Report

introduced legislation on May 21 to ensure hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) is regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) like other ingredients used in dietary supplements, foods, and beverages. Notably, this restriction only applies to dietary supplements and foods. US Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.),

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