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06 - Credits
14 - CannaSense: Educating Patients
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22 - Medical Cannabis - The
Cannabinoid Recepters
32 - MC - Cannabis Overdose
38 - MC - Using Cannabis to Break
Free from Addiction
44 - Cannabis for Veterans - Veterans
Preference: The Choice is Ours
50 - VETS - Part. 1 Medical Cannabis
the Treatment for PTSD
56 - VETS - RESOURCES
64 - Legalization
73 - Politics: CA Cannabis
Regulations by County
80 - Politics - Part. 2. Into Darkness
86 - Cannabis for Seniors
94 - SENIOR RESOURCES
100 - Cannabis for Pets
112 - Recreational Cannabis
122 - RC: NorCal HTCC Highlight
130 - Health & Beauty
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142 - Travel & Tourism
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The Cannabinoid Receptors
Tuneable Functions with Evolution Inside™
The Evolution
Our human endocannabinoid system is defined the ability of small chemical molecules, from endogenous anandamide to THC, to bind to and activate the cannabinoid receptors. The consequences of this tuning this system via receptor activity have broad effects, from mitochondrial activity and cellular growth to whole body homeostasis. The receptors and this system began to evolve roughly 500 million years ago with the emergence of vertebrates, probably looking something like this: