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Mary Biles is an ex-TV producer, writer and educator with a background in holistic health. In the past, she’s written for the Huffington Post, CNN, and the BBC. While living in Southern Spain, her path crossed with the medicinal properties of the cannabis plant, and for the last three years she’s been writing about cannabinoids, in particular CBD, European medical cannabis research, and the endocannabinoid system. Now based in the UK, Mary is passionate about putting medical cannabis science into digestible terms; where possible going straight to source and interviewing the scientists behind the breakthroughs. Her website is here.
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Cacao, a Traditional Plant Medicine for Modern Times
Scientists are investigating the health benefits of the ‘food of the gods.’
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Spanish Government Gives Green Light to Medical Cannabis
Cannabis-based preparations with different THC:CBD ratios will be made in pharmacies for individual patients.
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CBD Regulatory Debacle
This is what happens when UK bureaucrats try to shoehorn a plant extract into a framework meant for synthetic food ingredients.
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Breaking the Bias
Project CBD honors women cannabis clinicians on International Women’s Day.
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UK Epileptic Children Denied Cannabis Prescriptions
Abandoned to their fate, desperately ill children can’t access life-saving cannabis treatments.
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Cannabis & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Cannabis is a safe and effective way to manage the complexity of a painful connective tissue disorder.
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Cannabis for ADHD: An Emerging Therapeutic Option
Are doctors mistaking self-medication for cannabis use disorder?