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Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis
Unrelenting pain in her hips and weeks of insomnia left Nelly Valbuena desperate for relief from her metastatic breast cancer.
Dec 16, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Poor evidence cannabis improves mental health: study
People with psychiatric disorders may want to pass on the joint—at least until further research is done, a new Australian study suggests.
Oct 29, 2019
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Lesotho, Africa's medical cannabis pioneer
Vast white greenhouses sit high up on the slopes of Lesotho's Marakabei town, hidden from view.
Sep 4, 2019
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Researchers unlock access to pain relief potential of cannabis
University of Guelph researchers are the first to uncover how the cannabis plant creates important pain-relieving molecules that are 30 times more powerful at reducing inflammation than Aspirin.
Jul 24, 2019
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US holds CBD hearing as fans, sellers await legal clarity
CBD products have surged in popularity despite confusion around their legal status . Now U.S. regulators are exploring ways to officially allow the hemp ingredient in food, drinks and dietary supplements.
May 31, 2019
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Providers show interest in prescribing therapeutic cannabinoids
The cannabis plant and its derivatives have been used in medicinal treatments for millennia. With the recent legalization of medical marijuana in 33 states across the country, as well as Washington, D.C., several specialties ...
Dec 10, 2018
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In Canada's wine country, greenhouse drops orchids to grow cannabis
Dressed in white overalls, horticulturists carefully tend to small pot plants lined row after row. Not long ago, orchids were growing in this greenhouse south of Toronto where cannabis plants are now budding.
Oct 16, 2018
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Canada makes final preparations before cannabis becomes legal
Canada will soon become the second country in the world to legalize cannabis—with the provinces left to work out the details of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's landmark measure.
Oct 12, 2018
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Q&A: Treatment with medical cannabis
Dear Mayo Clinic: Medical marijuana is now legal in the state where I live. What conditions can it be used for and how effective is it? Do people who use medical marijuana need to be concerned about addiction?
Sep 27, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals cannabinoid drugs make pain feel 'less unpleasant, more tolerable'
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have determined that cannabinoid drugs do not appear to reduce the intensity of experimental pain, but, instead, may make pain feel less unpleasant and more tolerable.
Sep 19, 2018
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