Hemp, CBD and marijuana are all forms of cannabis – but they are different in significant ways, from form and legality to their potential uses as treatment for various health conditions.
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The Australian government will now accept licence applications for groups wanting to grow cannabis for scientific and medical purposes. But there’s still a lot we don’t know about this complex plant.
Nine states are deciding whether to legalize marijuana. Yet the drug’s prohibition at the federal level has created an unstable financial environment for producers and retailers.
Not only are our drug policies not working, we’re falling behind the rest of the world and what evidence says is best to ensure we have fewer deaths from illicit drugs.
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Senior lecturer, Australian National University
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Director, Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University
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Professor Emeritus of Management, Colorado State University
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Ph.D Student. in Finance, University of Utah
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Professor and Tyson Endowed Chair in Food Policy Economics, University of Arkansas
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Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Michigan State University
