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Cannabis Strains: Do Cannabis Strains Differ?By Dr. Ethan Russo
Cannabis consumers have always maintained that different types (strains, or chemical varieties, chemovars) produce distinct effects, whether this be with respect to their psychoactivity or to their therapeutic attributes. Strains are often ... more
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- 14. February 2021
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USA: Democrats advance cannabis legalisation in Congress
Three Senators (Cory Booker, Ron Wyden, and Chuck Schumer) issued a joint statement saying they would work together to advance comprehensive cannabis reform legislation in the current Congress. “The War on Drugs has been a war on people—particularly people of colour. Ending the federal marijuana prohibition is necessary to right the wrongs of this failed war and end decades of harm inflicted on ... more
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- Science/Human: Inhalation of cannabis reduces anxiety and stress
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with reduced risk of fatty liver in people with HIV/HCV
- 31. January 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis use reduces high blood pressure in older adults
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- Science/Human: Cannabis reduced alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers in observational study
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with reduced hospital readmissions in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
- Science/Human: Cannabis use was associated with long-term pain reduction in large observational study
- 17. January 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis is not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adults
- Science/Human: Cannabis use may allow cessation of opioid use in a large number of pain patients
- Mexico: Health ministry publishes rules for the regulation of medicinal cannabis
- Science/Human: Cannabis extracts were effective in the treatment of multiple sclerosis according to observational study
- Science/Human: Patients with fibromyalgia report experiencing relief from CBD
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