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What Could Rescheduling Mean for Medical Cannabis Patients?

Canna Care Docs

What could the implications be for patients on their medical cannabis journey? Rescheduling would stand to have the largest impact on cannabis research and business taxes. Cannabis research The Controlled Substances Act requires scientists to register with the DEA if they want to research Schedule I substances.

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How does medical marijuana help patients with Epilepsy?

FloridaMarijuana.net

One in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. Medical marijuana can alleviate certain side effects and, some research indicates, reduce the number of seizures a patient experiences. Since each patient’s needs are unique, the certifying physician will make a recommendation based on individual conditions.

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WSU researchers team with Puyallup tribe on medicinal cannabis research

Cannabis Chronicles

SPOKANE — Researchers at Washington State University are teaming up with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in an effort to chart the tribe’s outcomes prescribing medicinal marijuana to patients. This partnership with WSU and Qwibil will help us research the safety and efficacy of cannabis as medicine for our patients’ use.”.

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The Cannabis Cancer Connection

Project CBD

The vast majority of the existing research is on how specific cannabinoids kill cancer, but a growing body of work is revealing how the entourage of compounds found in whole-plant cannabis kills cancer. Without increased blood flow, the tumor does not have enough nutrition to sustain its development.

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Cannabinoids Could Limit Brain Injury Damage, Researchers Say

The Cannigma

While some traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients are able to make excellent recoveries, most would benefit from some kind of intervention that could help balance the body’s natural inflammatory response. Now, a research group at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University has been awarded a $1.8 Why, how, and when intervene?

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Australia Cannabis Q&A

Canna Law Blog

The Office of Drug Control (ODC) issues several license types, including: Cultivation growing cannabis for medicinal or research purposes. Research studying cannabis for medicinal development. Businesses should also investigate potential research and development (R&D) incentives if applicable.

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Cannabis as a cancer cure: what is the research and where is it going?

The Cannigma

Patients are often left to their own devices when looking into cannabis and cancer, given the lack of clinical evidence, and stigma surrounding the use of the plant as medicine. Before we dive into the research, here’s the lowdown: Important takeaway points on cannabis and cancer Your situation is unique. 1 So can cannabis cure cancer?