news sources, etc). In Canada we have gone from legislation that uses the term “marijuana” to The Cannabis Act. Post Secondary institutions such as cannabis industry leading Durham College offer a Medical Cannabis Fundamentals for Business Professionals course and a Cannabis Industry Specialization Certificate. To learn more about these industry leading programs that can be taken online as well as in person click here.
But the point is these do not have words such as marijuana, weed, or pot in their titles. To understand why the term marijuana was used you can
click here but basically it was used, at least in part, in the USA in the 20’s and 30’s to demonize the plant by associating it with undesired Mexican immigrants. The term appears to be associated with racist origins and overtones. It’s use in progressive countries such as right here in The Great White North is going by the wayside.
When I tweeted out a tease of this article’s content, I did not expect the dozens of likes, retweets, and new followers in just the first few minutes. Articles and posts on cannabis and inflammation started appearing – or maybe I was just more sensitive with a greater awareness to the subject matter. From my first article, a few years ago, I have put forth the hypothesis that a key to being a successful investor in this industry is to understand cannabis and hemp, be forward thinking, have an imagination, and to think outside the box – to embrace Ecoforming and to accept this industry as equivalent to a vibrant ecosystem. To know the history of cannabis and its role in culture and medicine, and how it interacts with humans and animals. Subsequent articles since that time have focussed on several of these individual pieces. Let’s now merge all of the above into my simple hypothesis:
If chronic inflammation represents “the unifying cause of disease” and cannabis and hemp have anti-inflammatory properties and the endogenous cannabinoid system is a widespread neuromodulatory system that, among other things, modulates inflammation, then when a diet and lifestyle are adopted that do not contribute to chronic inflammation combined with appropriate and effective cannabis/hemp treatment by means of a clinical trial with subjects that all have chronic inflammation, the expected result should be a superior reduction in chronic inflammation then diet and lifestyle changes alone.
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