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Why Does Too Much Cannabis Make You Feel Paranoid? [And How Do You Stop It?]
Cannabis is known to make people feel relaxed, but it’s similarly well-known that a little bit too much can lead to anxiety and...
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What’s the Difference Between Medical Cannabis and Weed?
One of the key factors in the normalized, destigmatized, and wide legalization of cannabis over the past decade or so has been...
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What Effect Does Cannabis Have on Hormones?
Hormones are neurotransmitters. This means that they are chemical messengers which carry instructions to organs and tissues to...
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What Are the Minor Cannabinoids? [A Look at 10 of the Rarer Cannabinoids]
There are lots of chemicals, otherwise known as cannabinoids, found in the cannabis plant. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),...
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Using Medical Marijuana and CBD for PTSD
Many Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with cookouts, ice cream, red, white, and blue everything, cold beer, swimming, and...
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What Are Synthetic Cannabinoids (SCBs)? The Potential Benefits and Dangers
The Basics: What Are Synthetic Cannabinoids (SCBs)? Synthetic cannabinoids are a class of man-made molecules that bind to the...
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Why Does Weed Give You the Munchies?
Cannabis has always been associated with giving people the “munchies” – hunger pangs linked with ingesting cannabis....
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The Ultimate Guide to Medical Cannabis [And How Cannabis Works With Your Body]
The science behind medical cannabis is complicated. There are 5 very good reasons as to why this is: The cannabis plant contains...
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What Receptors Does Cannabis Affect? Cannabinoids’ Effects Beyond Cannabinoid Receptors
The human body contains receptors which detect change. Receptors are made up of specialized cells which not only monitor for...
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What Are Flavonoids? The Unique Effects of Cannabis’s Flavors
Why Are the Flavonoids in Cannabis Important? We’ve written about the cannabinoids and terpenes in cannabis, but what about the...
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Cannabis and COVID-19: What Does the Science Say?
In March, 2020, much of the world started to go into lockdown due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. The disease’s rapid spread,...
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What Are the Benefits & Side-Effects of Medical Cannabis for Children?
The idea of using cannabis as a medication for children is still an unconventional option for parents and doctors alike. For...
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What is Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV)? [A Multi-Purpose, Appetite-Suppressing Cannabinoid]
THCV stands for tetrahydrocannabivarin. It is a chemical compound found inside the cannabis plant. There is much interest in THCV...
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What is Cannabinol (CBN)? [More About the “Sleepy” Cannabinoid]
There are over 100 cannabinoids in the cannabis plant. Each one offers different medical possibilities. Today we’re looking at...
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How Long Does THC Stay in Your System?
There are four main factors that determine how long THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) stays in your system: How much THC you have taken....
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What is Marijuana?
Marijuana is a term derived from the Mexican-Spanish word for Cannabis sativa, “marihuana”. The word...
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What Are Terpenes? [And How Do They Interact with Cannabinoids?]
Terpenes are a class of hydrocarbon-based compounds that give cannabis its unique smell. In our piece on beta-caryophyllene, we...
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What is Cannabichromene (CBC)? [A Rare Cannabinoid with Huge Medical Potential]
Cannabichromene (CBC) is one of them, and is the third most prominent cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. It is important...
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What is CBD?
Sometimes you have to go back to basics. This article answers one main question: ‘What is CBD’? CBD stands for cannabidiol...
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What is Cannabis? What is Medical Marijuana? What is Hemp?
When you’re new to the world of medical marijuana (or hemp or cannabis), you will read and hear it called a huge number of...