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Rick Simpson Oil is a preparation made from cannabis oil, the oils of Cannabis flower. It is named after its Canadian creator, circa 2001, which he first used to treat his tinnitus, and later skin cancer, [1] and is also known as phoenix tears. [2] [3] [4] It has been claimed to have healing benefits
PHEC-66 is an extract of cannabis which, in at least one study published in the peer reviewed journal Cells, has been found to be an effective treatment for melanoma, [1] [2] by triggering cell apoptosis. [3] The extract is 60% cannabidiol (CBD). [4]
Cannabis' efficacy is not clear in treating neurological problems, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and movement problems. [17] Evidence also suggests that oral cannabis extract is effective for reducing patient-centered measures of spasticity. [17] A trial of cannabis is deemed to be a reasonable option if other treatments have not been ...
Cannabis and cancer risk. The cannabis plant contains more than 100 cannabinoids, including THC and CBD, and hundreds of non-cannabinoid chemicals. Scientists are just beginning to understand the ...
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a phytocannabinoid, one of 113 identified cannabinoids in cannabis plants, along with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and accounts for up to 40% of the plant's extract. [16] Medically, it is an anticonvulsant used to treat multiple forms of epilepsy . [ 4 ]
Hash oil or cannabis oil is an oleoresin obtained by the extraction of cannabis or hashish. [1] It is a cannabis concentrate containing many of its resins and terpenes – in particular, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), and other cannabinoids. Hash oil is usually consumed by smoking, vaporizing or eating. [2]
Toby Fischer lives in South Dakota, where just 27 doctors are certified to prescribe buprenorphine -- a medication that blunts the symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and opioid painkillers. A Huffington Post analysis of government data found nearly half of all counties in America don't have such a certified physician. So every month, Fischer and his mother drive to Colorado to pick up their ...
Synthetic THC (marinol, dronabinol) has been used as an antiemetic since 1985, and an appetite stimulant since 1991, [54] although synthetic THC is often not listed among the "synthetic cannabinoids" but as a "synthetic phytocannabinoid". [52]