CBD-dispensing robots are installed in 7-Eleven stores in Colorado to sell and educate customers on the cannabis-based products

Two 7-Eleven locations are using AI-powered robots to dispense CBD productsLocations are in Boulder and Denver, Colorado and are part of a pilot programUsers can purchase products via a touchscreen…

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Moment veteran broadcaster Bill Turnbull collapses into giggles after taking CANNABIS while probing the drug’s benefits in film about his battle with advanced prostate cancer

Bill Turnbull hopes politicians will loosen the restrictions on medicinal drugsA new documentary follows his attempts to find treatment for prostate cancerHe announced his diagnosis in 2018 and has been…

Continue ReadingMoment veteran broadcaster Bill Turnbull collapses into giggles after taking CANNABIS while probing the drug’s benefits in film about his battle with advanced prostate cancer

CBD supplements could help cannabis addicts stop using the drug ‘by fighting off the major withdrawal symptom of anxiety’

Researchers looked at 82 people who were severely addicted to cannabisGiving them tablets with 400mg of CBD for four weeks halved their weed use The two main compounds in cannabis are…

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Hope for hundreds of families seeking medicinal cannabis in the UK as first private clinic in London is approved to dish out prescriptions

Medical cannabis to be prescribed legally for first time at clinic in central LondonCare Quality Commission has given the go ahead to the Sapphire Medical ClinicHas 50-plus waiting list, with…

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CBD-based epilepsy drug Epidyolex has finally been approved for use in the UK

<img src="https://www.theextract.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Epidyolex-min.jpg" width="800" height="360" class="alignnone size-medium"> The drug, which became the first CBD-based medication approved for use by the FDA in the United States (under the name Epidiolex), treats two…

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Did CBD shrink this woman’s ovarian cancer? Chemo-resistant tumors virtually ‘disappeared’ after surgery and unproven cannabis treatment

An UC San Diego case study reveals an unnamed woman's ovarian tumors all but disappeared within a year of starting a therapy of CBD and a nut oil  Her particular ovarian…

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Man claims he is ‘essentially cancer free’ after quitting chemotherapy in favour of cannabis oil – and says it helped to reduce his TWELVE brain tumours by 95 per cent

George Gannon, 30, from Basingstoke, had multiple brain tumours December 2018 started taking cannabis oil and in February quit chemotherapyBy August was told by medics he was almost completely cancer freeRevealed:…

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Alfie Dingley, 7, had 75 seizures a day until he started taking cannabis oil. One year after the law was changed to help him, the jury is still out on whether it really works

Alfie Dingley, 7, suffered up to 75 seizures a day before taking cannabis oil dropsHe was hospitalised almost once a week before he began his cannabis treatmentThe government changed the…

Continue ReadingAlfie Dingley, 7, had 75 seizures a day until he started taking cannabis oil. One year after the law was changed to help him, the jury is still out on whether it really works

CBD may make you less aggressive: Tests show the cannabis-derived compound activates two key brain receptors and calms mice down

Scientists tested various doses of CBD on aggressive miceCBD made the mice attack less often than those not given any at allMore experiments found receptors which play a part in the…

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Teen are LESS likely to use marijuana in states with recreational use laws, study finds

Researchers analyzed youth cannabis use from 1993 to 2017There was no change tied to medical marijuana, but rates dropped 10% with recreational marijuana lawsThe researchers looked at overall changes nationwide,…

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Lost variety of ganja smoked by Bob Marley before it was wiped out during war on drugs is being recreated by expert who wants Jamaica to market marijuana ‘like Champagne in France’

Dr Machel Emanuel, 35, is cultivating landrace cannabis in his lab in Kingston   During the 1980s war on drugs it was easily recognizable and cultivation ceasedBut it had been the favourite…

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