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Dr Samuel Jackson, Professor David Baker, Miss Catriona Rooke, Professor John Galloway at the Witness Seminar on The Medicalization of Cannabis held by The History of Twentieth Century Medicine Group 24/03/2009

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medicalization of cannabis

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plants

CB1 receptors

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clinical trials

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Medical Research Council (MRC)

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multiple sclerosis

animal behaviour

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