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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Australia’s Science Channel: Where marijuana is legal, opioid use drops 2. EchoNet Daily: Medical-cannabis producer again locked up 3. Entrepreneur: A Study of One Colorado County Finds Legal Marijuana has More Benefits Than Problems
1. Australia’s Science Channel: Where marijuana is legal, opioid use drops Two independent papers suggest that medicinal cannabis may be a valuable weapon against drug abuse. With the current “opioid epidemic” across America, two studies have found that in regions where medical marijuana is legal, doctors prescribe less opioid medications to patients. The research papers published…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. ABC News: Brisbane father blames barriers to cannabis oil for daughter’s death 2. BuzzFeed News: This Professor Wrote There Was No Evidence For Using Cannabinoids For Pain. Then He Said The Opposite 3. MedicalXpress: Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective—it’s time to reboot research
1. ABC News: Brisbane father blames barriers to cannabis oil for daughter’s death A Brisbane man wants a public inquest into the death of his nine-year-old daughter, saying she died prematurely because she was repeatedly denied access to medicinal cannabis. Steve Peek’s daughter Suli had a complex neurological disorder and cerebral palsy. She could communicate only…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Cannabis Access: Cannabidiol in treatment resistant epilepsy 2. ABC: Jenny Hallam faces more drugs charges as SA Government commits to medicinal cannabis 3. HuffPost: This Family Of Doctors Wants To Change The Way You Think About Weed
1. Cannabis Access: Cannabidiol in treatment resistant epilepsy February 09, 2018 0 1509 Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive cannabinoid is currently under investigation as a potential therapy for severe, treatment resistant epilepsy. Unlike delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), CBD does not cause the “high” often associated with cannabis. Instead CBD has been found to have anticonvulsant and antipsychotic effects. Anecdotes of cannabis’s…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – Health Guide: First of its Kind Study Finds Virtually No Driving Impairment Under the Influence of Marijuana
1. Health Guide: First of its Kind Study Finds Virtually No Driving Impairment Under the Influence of Marijuana As cannabis prohibition laws crumble seemingly by the day, it’s allowing more research to be performed on this psychoactive substance that has long been a part of the human experience. The first study to analyze the effects of…
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An Opportunity Opens Up – Will Pharmacy Leaders Grab It?
As pharmacists and coalface health practitioners we accumulate a lot of knowledge that other health practitioners do not have access to. This is because we are the only health profession that does not require a payment from a patient to access our physical pharmacy space. In addition, pharmacy culture has always allowed pro bono professional…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Facing Prison for Providing Free Cannabis Medicine: An Interview with Jenny Hallam 2. Ganjapreneur : Vermont Public Safety Commissioner Pushes for Roadside Saliva Tests 3. Medical Search: Victorian medicinal cannabis industry powers ahead
1. Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Facing Prison for Providing Free Cannabis Medicine: An Interview with Jenny Hallam By Paul Gregoire The benefits of medicinal cannabis have been rediscovered over recent years. Clinical trials and research papers have documented evidence that shows cannabis medicines can treat conditions, such as chronic pain, seizures in children with Dravet syndrome and multiple sclerosis.In the US, medical…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Medicinal Cannabis Doctor Is Being Held Behind Bars on Remand 2. Herb: Jeff Sessions: Anti-Weed Crusader Received Big Money From Big Tobacco 3. Cannabis Tech: Why The World Needs Hemp Plastic
1. Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Medicinal Cannabis Doctor Is Being Held Behind Bars on Remand By Paul Gregoire | 21/12/2017 | The benefits of medicinal cannabis have been widely recognised over recent years. Cannabis medicines have been used to ease the pain associated with chemotherapy, to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis, as well as to reduce seizures in cases of severe epilepsy.In…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. adelaidenow.com.au: Cannabis decision is just dopey, advocates say 2. cbdtesters.co: Hebrew University To Study Effects Of CBD On Asthma 3. leafly.com: Two New Import Deals Hurry Medical Cannabis Into Australia
1. adelaidenow.com.au: Cannabis decision is just dopey, advocates say Nov. 29th, 2017 USERS of medicinal cannabis will not be allowed to drive with the drug in their system under new laws which have passed State Parliament in South Australia. MPs have been debating laws proposed by the State Government to strengthen drug driving penalties but were divided…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. The Hemp Chronicle: DECARBOXYLATION OF TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID 2. The Hemp Chronicle: HUMAN BREAST MILK 3. The Medical Cannabis Council : A New Organisation established to support Australian Medical Cannabis
1. The Hemp Chronicle: DECARBOXYLATION OF TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID Motivation and Summary The background of this study is as follows: On average hemp food stuffs contain up to 90% of the nonpsychoactive THCA. Nonetheless, regulation for THC limits in food often uses total THC = THCA + THC. This leads to an overestimation of the content of…
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Understanding Medical Cannabis – 1. UQ News: Is there need to reform international drug treaties? 2. CannabisCheri: This Is Your Brain On Marijuana: An RN’s Perspective 3. Cannatech News: Using THC To Treat Symptoms Of Crohn’s Disease
1. UQ News: Is there need to reform international drug treaties? Professor Hall calls for “rigorous evaluation” The future of international drug control treaties is in question because of recent treaty-violating decisions to legalise non-medical cannabis use in Canada, the United States and Uruguay. Professor Wayne Hall from The University of Queensland Centre for Youth Substance Abuse is urging caution on…