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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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03. February 2019

World: The World Health Organisation accepts the medical value of cannabis and cannabinoids
In a letter of 24 January to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, the Director-General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, informed the UN about suggested changes within the international Drug Conventions. These suggestions followed meetings of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) in June and November 2018. WHO acknowledges the therapeutic ... more
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