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4. INTRODUCTION TO CANNABINOIDS
All living things in nature produce a wide array of organic compounds that are not essential for living processes, but contribute to other aspects of their ecology and survival, often by mediating interactions with other organisms. These compounds are called secondary metabolites. This newsletter explains what secondary metabolites are present, and what you might know them from.
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3. A BRIEF HISTORY OF CANNABIS RESEARCH
A deep dive into the history of scientific research conducted on the cannabis topic. How many articles each year published, trends regarding legalisation, and what is most research actually looking into?
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2. MODERN HISTORY AND LEGAL STATUS OF CANNABIS
Despite this initial acceptance of cannabis in modern times, things started to change quickly. With the prohibition of cannabis in the 19th to 20th century, ironically started by the country whose declaration of independence was signed on hemp paper, scientific research on the plant was made practically impossible.
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1. THE HISTORY OF CANNABIS
Cannabis is a very ancient plant, probably more ancient than you might think. Palaeobotanical studies reveal that this plant -according to some sources- existed in Asia about 12.000 years ago, in the areas corresponding to modern Mongolia and Kazakhstan. It is likely that our ancestors domesticated this plant already at that time. There is so much more to our history with cannabis!