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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Cannabis Tech:Evolution Of Ethanol Extraction 2. Medical Marijuana News: Cannabis Consumers Opting For Edibles Rather Than Smokable Products, Report Suggests 3. ABC News: Cannabis chemical THC could be missing ‘piece to the puzzle’ in treating kids with epilepsy
1. Cannabis Tech: Evolution Of Ethanol Extraction Learn how a break through at Capna Fabrication might change the future of ethanol in cannabis extraction. Ethanol is a relatively common solvent for performing cannabis extractions. As a polar solvent, ethanol binds to water-soluble compounds within the plant material. Full Extract Cannabis Oil, or FECO, is well-known for…
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Cannabis Confusion
Recent and quite mischievous reporting in the medical media is confusing the issues around our willingness to accept medicinal cannabis into the analgesic arena. I refer particularly to the “world’s longest in-depth community study” in which the four-year study of 1500 people examined the effect of cannabis on pain. The report goes on to say…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1.CannabisTech: Distillation becomes another invaluable step towards a better understanding of individual cannabinoids. 2. CBD Testers: World Health Organization To Possibly Reschedule Cannabis 3. Jerusalem Post: A higher calling: How Israeli marijuana research changed the world
1.CannabisTech: Distillation becomes another invaluable step towards a better understanding of individual cannabinoids. Short path distillation is an innovative process of cannabinoid separation and recapture. It’s highly technical but has recently become a crucial step in the production of cannabis vape products, edibles, and other refined cannabis products, which require higher purity than which is…
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Bypass the AMA if Collaborative Ventures are Required for Unmet Patient Needs
It is becoming apparent that the medical profession leadership has clearly “lost the plot” in direction-setting, patient engagement and collaborative health when you analyse statements attributable to AMA leaders at their recent national conference. Cries that GP’s feel “under assault” through pharmacists encroaching into “their” territory of vaccinations and sick certificates, with no mention of better…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. CannabisTech: Commercialization Of Hemp-Based Bioplastics 2. The Guardian: All eyes on Canada as first G7 nation prepares to make marijuana legal 3. New Cannabis Ventures: Canadian Clinic Operator to Launch Compass Australia
1. CannabisTech: Commercialization Of Hemp-Based Bioplastics True commercialization of hemp-based plastics could be just around the corner in North America. Hemp is experiencing a revolution, its popularity as a raw material has exploded in recent years thanks to deregulation of hemp in the United States and the growing acceptance of the cannabis sativa plant family…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Scoop Health: Review of Cannabis by the World Health Organisation 2. Australia21: WHAT IF POLICE STOPPED ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR DRUG USE? FIRST HAND ACCOUNT 3. CannabisTech: Chromatography – A Badge Of Integrity
1. Scoop Health: Review of Cannabis by the World Health Organisation World Health Organisation’s 40th Expert Committee on drug dependence (ECDD) reviewing Cannabis. This week marks a historic turning point for cannabis as the World Health Organisation’s ECDD conducts its first ever review of the scheduling of cannabis. Both as a flower and is a…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis- 1. CannabisTech: Cannabis Testing For Potency And Terpenes 2. Ganjapreneur: Colorado Cannabis Sales in March Highest Yet in 2018 . Neutraceuticals World: American Botanical Council: Schedule 1 Status of Cannabis ‘Outdated and Inappropriate’
1. CannabisTech: Cannabis Testing For Potency And Terpenes Learn the basics of gas and liquid chromatography and FTIR Spectroscopy for testing terpenes and potency within a strain. What Is Gas Chromatography? Gas chromatography is a subgroup of mass spectrometry. It is a group of separation techniques that are used to analyze volatile substances in their gas phase. In…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Ganjapreneur: Study: New York MMJ Patients Reduced Opioid Intake, Saved Money on Meds 2. SHOTS: Canada To Measure Marijuana Use By Testing Sewage 3. Forbes: Binge Drinking Drops In States With Recreational Marijuana
1. Ganjapreneur: Study: New York MMJ Patients Reduced Opioid Intake, Saved Money on Meds Medical cannabis patients in a New York study reduced their use of opioids and spent less money on their prescription medications, according to researchers at GPI Clinical Research and the University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy. The study, titled “Preliminary evaluation of…
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Pharmacist Investment Opportunity – Medical Cannabis Growing & Manufacturing
Medical cannabis and its health market potential was first brought to the attention of Australian pharmacists by i2P as far back as 2011. In that year medical cannabis was promoted by i2P as a potential market for pharmacy, and with the utilisation of pharmacist health literacy skills, community pharmacy could become the natural hub to…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Australia21: Concerned about The Greens — and even doctors — going ‘soft’ on cannabis? 3. Cannabis Tech: The Awakening Of The German Cannabis Market
1. Australia21: Concerned about The Greens — and even doctors — going ‘soft’ on cannabis? Are you worried about legalising cannabis only because using it has been a crime for almost a century? Of course not — everyone knows laws change to reflect changing social attitudes. In Australia being gay is no longer illegal; no…