What research on cannabis for therapeutic purposes?
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By: Caroline Lachowsky
2 min
What research on cannabis for therapeutic purposes?
How Cannabinoids Work
Both on the brain and on the immune system ... Cannabis: the painkiller of the future?
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Let 's take a look at the research on cannabis for therapeutic purposes carried out for several years in many countries and which highlights the analgesic and anti - inflammatory properties of the various molecules contained in this plant.
Could cannabis be the painkiller of the future?
How and why does it act so effectively in our brain, on our immune system?
In what form and for which pathologies is it the most effective?
So many questions that have long been taboo in France where, unlike many countries, research and experimentation with cannabis for therapeutic purposes was only authorized in 2020!
At a time when these first experiments must finally start, cannabis is making its way into our news at the National Assembly, with an online citizen consultation on so-called "well-being" cannabis And while a group of deputies advocates the legalization of recreational cannabis, how to navigate?
With
Nicolas Authier
, Head of the Medical Pharmacology Department at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital and President of the Temporary Specialized Scientific Committee (CSST) on therapeutic cannabis
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