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• Amazing: Psychedelics & Phantom Limb Pain
  Scientists are studying the therapeutic potential of psilocybin, the magic mushroom compound, for severe phantom limb pain.
• Cannabis & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
  Cannabis is a safe and effective way to manage the complex symptoms of ehlers-danlos syndrome, a painful connective tissue disorder.
• Mexico: High Court Decriminalizes Cannabis
  The Mexican Supreme Court has decriminaized cannabis for personal use, but this may have little impact on Mexico’s murderous drug war.
• Marijuana and the Mexican Revolution
  The tumultuous Mexican Revolution catalyzed the emergence of marijuana smoking in early twentieth-century America as hundreds of thousands of migrants fled to the U.S. Southwest in search of safety and work.
• Real-World CBD Evidence, CBD and Ketamine, and More . . .
  People with moderate or severe symptoms experienced less pain, anxiety, and depression, and greater wellbeing after three months of CBD treatment.
• Commentary: Stop Growing Hemp for CBD!
  The CBD market is saturated, but there’s a bright future for hempcrete and other fiber hemp products.
• Morocco Gets Legal Cannabis Sector
  Morocco, long the world’s largest illicit producer of cannabis, is finally getting a legalized commercial cannabis industry, thanks to a law introduced by the otherwise conservative government. The new law is designed to daylight traditional small cannabis growers in the marginalized Rif Mountains.
• Dr. Mikuriya's Medicine
  Trailblazing U.S. physician Tod Mikuriya rediscovered the forgotten medical history of cannabis, and he sought to restore cannabis to its proper place in the Western pharmacopeia.
• CBD and Its Entourage
  CBD works best in combination with THC and the full spectrum of other cannabis components.
• Sex: I Want to Want It
  Cannabis can help menopausal women rekindle their sexual desire.
• Cannabis & Crony Capitalism: From Matt Gaetz to Trulieve
  The origins of Trulieve, a major cannabis company, trace back to a nexus of prominent Florida Republicans tied to disgraced Congressman Matt Gaetz.
• Cannabis for ADHD: An Emerging Therapeutic Option
  Many people with ADHD use cannabis for therapeutic relief.
• ADHD: Pediatric Anxiety
  For cannabis users with ADHD, the need to self-medicate symptoms of adolescent angst is not youthful hedonism,
• Cannabis Legalization & the Potency Question
  Cannabis industry proponents denounce caps on THC levels as a phobic response rooted in the flawed assumptions of prohibition.
• Expanded Clinical Study: CBD Effect on the Liver in Adults
  Last summer, Project CBD helped recruit subjects for a large-scale clinical study to assess the safety and efficacy of the daily use of cannabidiol. Good news: Contrary to FDA warnings, preliminary results of the ValidCare study show “no clinical evidence of liver disease in any of the participants.”
• Diet, Exercise, & Endocannabinoid Tone
  Our endocannabinoid system functions better when we exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet.
• Medical Marijuana for Animals: A Call for Standards
  Pet doctors have launched the Veterinary Cannabis Society to advocate for legal access and safe product standards for cannabis and its derivatives as veterinary medicine.
• Psychedelic Research Targets Systemic Inflammation
  Scientists are targeting psychedelics to develop an anti-inflammatory wonder drug.
• CBD for Liver & Kidney Disease
  Not only is there little evidence that cannabidiol plays a role in damaging the liver, CBD may help to improve liver health.
• Happy 420!