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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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- 17. January 2021
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Science/Human: Cannabis is not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in adults
According to a large retrospective study using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) database cannabis use was not associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The study was conducted by investigators at Florida International University of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami, USA. Patients who completed the questionnaire and answered all questions in ... more
- 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
- 03. January 2021
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be helpful in post-traumatic stress disorder
- Science/Human: Cannabis use is associated with reduced risk of fentanyl use
- Australia: Restrictions to the sale of CBD rich cannabis will be removed in Tasmania
- Science/Human: CBD may improve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
- Science/Human: Cannabis reduces the use of prescription opioids
- 20. December 2020
- IACM: 20 years of IACM: a look back and ahead
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be useful in Parkinson’s disease according to survey
- Science/Human: About one third of cancer patients in Canada use cannabis
- Science/Human: Cannabis use by women with pelvic pain increased after legalisation in Canada
- Science/Human: Cannabis may be effective in the self-management of endometriosis according to a survey
Free Online Events 2020
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The IACM is holding a free webinar series and a free anniversary online meeting from October to December 2020.
All webinars will be held in English with subtitles in German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. All webinars will be available online until March 2021.
The anniversary online meeting to celebrate the IACM's 20th anniversary and to honour the 90th birthday of Raphael Mechoulam will be a live session only on the 5th November 2020.
The speakers in the webinar series are Donald I. Abrams, Bonni Goldstein, Franjo Grotenhermen, Manuel Guzmán, Raphael Mechoulam, Kirsten Müller-Vahl, Roger Pertwee, Daniele Piomelli, and Ethan Russo.
You can find all information here.
IACM Conference 2021
The 12th IACM Conference on Cannabinoids in Medicine will be held in Basel, Switzerland, from 14 to 16 October 2021.
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