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When the facts change, it’s only right for our opinions to – at the very minimum – be challenged. For several decades, mainstream thought has considered cannabis to be a net cost for society, providing fuel for a black market worth billions, causing or exacerbating mental illness and generally making people lazier. However, as the years have gone on and cannabis research has steadily progressed in the United States, Israel, Latin America, Europe and elsewhere, it has been shown that cannabis is much more complex and versatile than an herb that is simply ground up, rolled up and smoked.

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Over the past few years, a market for non-psychoactive cannabis products has emerged, that are focussed on the benefits of the plant’s primary non-intoxicating compound cannabidiol (CBD). CBD is a cannabinoid – one of the 113 so far identified by researchers – and can have a positive effect on various aspects of physical and mental health through interactions with the endocannabinoid system (ECS), a newly-discovered network of neurotransmitters and cannabinoid receptors.

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