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Thursday December 14th, 2017 evening edition

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The World Health Organization has declared that CBD - the relaxant property of cannabis used in medical marijuana - should not be a scheduled drug.

But today, after months of deliberation and investigation, the WHO has concluded that cannabidiol (CBD) is a useful treatment for epilepsy and palliative care, and does not carry any addiction risks.

Had the WHO chosen to schedule the drug, it could have hamstrung physicians from prescribing medical marijuana globally.

The WHO has declared medical marijuana is beneficial for cancer, epilepsy, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases, and does not carry an addiction risk.

'There is increased interest from Member States in the use of cannabis for medical indications including for palliative care,' the report said.

He is responsible for driving the Mexican government to legalize medical marijuana so his first-born daughter Grace, who once suffered hundreds of seizures a day, could access CBD.

It is not a replacement for her treatment, but it has changed her life. »

Join the Battle for Net Neutrality

Authored by battleforthenet.com

But Net Neutrality predates Obama, has always been a design principle of the Internet, and does not need to be a partisan issue.

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online.

In 2015, startups, Internet freedom groups, and 3.7 million commenters won strong net neutrality rules from the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC). »

TIL about the Oakland Buddha, placed by a resident on a street corner to prevent illegal dumping, the statue has now become a shrine for the local Vietnamese population who leave offerings and have even built a shelter for the Buddah. Crime in the area dropped 82%

Authored by oaklandnorth.net

At first, Stevenson said, he would just see the occasional apple or orange near the Buddha, left as offerings.

They built a platform for him to sit on and began to sweep and clean the area around him.

Vina Vo, in turn, is thankful to Stevenson and believes his decision to place the Buddha statue there was divine intervention. »

Monoprice Mini Delta review

Authored by digitaltrends.com
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The latest addition to this burgeoning category is the $160 Monoprice Mini Delta: a printer that, when released in the spring of 2018, will be the cheapest fully-assembled 3D printer on the market.

That diminutive size definitely puts limits on what objects you can print — but perhaps that’s why they call it the Mini Delta.

Much like Monoprice’s other 3D printers, the Mini Delta doesn’t come with any proprietary slicing software, nor even a recommended one. »