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Marijuana and the fight against cancer
Chemotherapy is the general term for pharmaceutical cancer-inhibiting drugs. There is conflicting advice on whether cancer patients should use cannabis oil before or during chemotherapy. Recently, a team of researchers looking into why cancer cells are so resilient discovered that chemotherapy seriously damages healthy cells and subsequently triggers them to release a protein that sustains…
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Treating Internal Cancers with Cannabis Oil
Oil CBD benefits cancer patients. Providing the treatment is started early enough, the oral administration of cannabis oil benefits most patients diagnosed with cancer. Oil CBD benefits cancer patients. If you’re a cancer patient beginning treatment with cannabis oil, it is recommended that you make some dietary changes and it is advisable to cut out…
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Medical Cannabis Today
The main types of medical cannabis. The two main cannabis strains used for medical cannabis are the cannabis indica and cannabis sativa subspecies, which owing to their cannabinoid profiles both differ in their medicinal properties. Cannabis strains are available across the entire spectrum, from pure cannabis sativas to pure cannabis indicas and combinations which are…
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The potential of cannabis treatment.
Cannabis is the safest medical remedy. Cannabis is one of the safest and most effective medications known today, with the potential to treat a wide variety of medical conditions. By the early 19th century, the benefits of medicinal cannabis use had become widely acknowledged in the West, having been brought to France by Napoleon’s army…
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Cannabis and Side effects.
Сonspiracy against cannabis and disinformation A great deal of misinformation, unsupported by any reputable medical evidence, is quoted about cannabis use and mental health issues. Starting in the 1920s, the prohibition conspiracy began with newspaper headlines and fabricated stories detailing what they termed “Reefer Madness.” Today, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America has a budget…
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Cannabis as a medicine. Cannabis as a remedy for pain.
Ways of using cannabis in medicine Pharmaceutical cannabis sprays are designed for “mucosal or sublingual administration,” meaning that the patient sprays it under their tongue, and the cannabinoids are then absorbed into the bloodstream via the mucus membrane. This is quite an effective and convenient method of administration, which allows the cannabinoids to reach the…
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How Cannabis Works
Cannabis is a recreational and medicinal plant Recreational and medicinal-quality psychoactive cannabis comes in several forms; herbal bud (dried flowering tops), resin (hash), kief, keef or kif (sometimes kief), which are the powdery resin glands (or trichomes), and oil. Referred to by many slang terms, cannabis is usually rolled into cigarettes known as joints, but…
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Cannabis is a Crop
Propagation and cultivation of cannabis Reproduction in cannabis plants takes place when the male (staminate) pollen is united with the female (pistillate) cells. The stamen is simply the biological name given to the male plant’s reproductive parts and the pistil is the name given to the female counterparts. Medicinal cannabis is principally grown for its…
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About Cannabis plants: Sativa, Indica, Ruderalis.
Cannabis Sativa benefits and differences. This landrace originates from equatorial regions and its plants can reach heights over 15 feet (4.5 meters). They produce thin, spiky leaves and massive colas (where the flowers or buds grow together tightly) that are not very dense. Pure cannabis sativa strains are not generally used for indoor cultivation due…
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What is cannabis plant?
All about the cannabis plant Cannabis sativa is a member of the Moraceae family and can grow to between 3 and 15 feet (1 and 4.5 meters), depending on the variety. Landrace is the term used to describe a wild-growing cannabis strain that has evolved in the isolation of a specific geographic region. Over time,…
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