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Pain relieving effects of CBD studied at Syracuse University:
E.W. Jackson says marijuana legalization in Virginia is demonic and that it is the result of Democrats who want to control Black people:
If the U.S. government really wanted to do something to encourage young people not to use drugs, instead of arresting or killing them they might try increasing tuition-free educational opportunities, as well as introducing federal and state programs to reduce poverty and despair:
A new device called a psychLight developed at the University of California, Davis, allows researchers to access the activity of the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR) to determine the psychedelic activity and healing potential, or not, of different psychedelic compounds:
Tissue culture micropropagation has been developed for hemp and marijuana production to produce disease-free plants with enhanced vigor:
Regarding the long sought question of whether cannabis use leads to psychosis in adolescents, an international study has exonerted cannabis by linking brain thinning to psychosis that can be detected in 12-to-16 year olds months before they develop disease symptoms:
Bioavailability is limited in CBD therapies. Researchers find it to be greater in KLS-13019:
Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad predict the U.S. will not leave Afghanistan:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/united-states-withdraws-from-afghanistan-not-really/
Doesn’t require a psychic or any second sight. They mean to farm it out under contract to mercenaries.
Biden administration allows GPs to prescribe buprenorphine for opiate addictions:
https://www.statnews.com/2021/04/27/biden-administration-allow-nearly-all-providers-to-prescribe-buprenorphine/?emci=df38706e-43a4-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=4f9a4e3c-f3a8-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=1562752
Some people might prefer the pain relieving effects of marijuana without its various side effects, people with chronic pain, for example:
A new drug similar in chemical structure to ibogaine does not create hallucinations or possess toxicity and acts to counter the effects of stress in the brains of mice: