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Lex Pelger and his books
@lexpelger.bsky.social
cannabis, books, science & spirituality

My canna-graphic novel series ‘Anandamide; or, the Cannabinoid’:
https://bit.ly/3xIM7zY

My comprehensive canna-science newsletter 'Cannabinoids & the People':
https://bit.ly/3uUqBTK

Book vids @lexpelgerandhisbooks
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Good morning Bluesky!
I'm Lex Pelger & I'm into...
#cannabis
#books
#science
#mysticism

I make videos @lexpelgerandhisbooks on YT, IG & TT.
I run a comprehensive canna-science newsletter 'Cannabinoids & the People' on Substack.
And make canna-science videos at @CVSciencesInc on YT & @pluscbd on TT
In this week’s newsletter
-Canna for endometriosis + your sinuses
-Bongs may not be filtering out anything
-In bipolar people, canna use improved decision-making
-Canna laws = less opioid OD deaths
-Mindfulness helps inflammation via the ECS?
-So much on the horrors of Prohibition
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C&P#167: endometriosis, sinuses, opioid overdoses, mindfulness & the placebo of bong water
CHS added as WHO diagnostic code + Trump’s ‘double tap’ boat strike
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December 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for hypermobility disorders + narcolepsy
-CBD for kidney failure
-In naloxone-induced opioid withdrawal, vaped cannabis helps
-Surgery for cannabis-associated emphysema
-Booze & Smokes Week!
-Preclinical: blood-testis barrier
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C&P#166: cannabinoids for hypermobility, kidney failure, narcolepsy & opioid withdrawal
Medicare to cover CBD
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December 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-3x autism & cannabinoids
-Cannabis enhances music!
-Relationship satisfaction & cannabis
-PER SE DRIVING LIMITS DON’T WORK!
-Use increased most in those with depression or psychological distress
-Use linked to eye inflammation, tooth loss & low quality sperm
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C&P#165: 3x autism + cannabis & music + Microbe Week & Drug Delivery Week
Botswana begins & history from the Subcontinent
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November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for Alzheimer’s, glioblastomas, musculoskeletal pain, MS & fibro
-Harms: more testicular germ cell tumors, worse lung function & psychosis risk in adolescents
-Heart: 5x on heart harms + 50%+ increased stroke risk from daily cannabis use
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C&P#164: lots of helps & lots of harms & CBD for green macaws
Mortal blow for hemp in US + price dumping in Portugal
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November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-For Parkinson’s, levodopa efficacy improved by CBD
-For IBD, cannabis kept people from re-entering hospital
-An infant dead from eating cannabis
-THC memory loss protected by CBD
-3 cases of sudden cardiac death linked to cannabis
-Asthma in canna-workers
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C&P#163: help for Parkinson’s & IBD + harm for hearts & kids
Colombia & Lebanon go medical!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for kids with autism
-Medication substitution with cannabis
-Reviews: CBD for athletes, wound healing, diabetes & pain in dogs & cats
-Harms: Higher heart failure, suicide risk & sinonasal diseases in cannabis users
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C&P#162: autism, medication substitution & too-high ferrets
The EU’s first whole-plant cannabis pharmaceutical approaches...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for sleep, vulvas & lower back pain
-For your cats at the vet, CBD to increase compliance
-CBD in dogs & ponies
-Great charts on cancer & PTSD
-Reviews: Canna for old people with dementia, dystonia, psychiatric disorders, anxiety or migraines
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C&P#161: cannabinoids for sleep, cats, dogs & ponies
Colombia going for it & Sri Lanka investing in it
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October 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for chronic lower back pain & cancer-related symptoms
-Great charts: CBD targets in epilepsy + CBD & your skin health
-For insomnia, Thai Traditional Medicine's 34 canna-containing formulations
-CBD in aging dogs
-vapes increased oral Candida growth
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C&P#160: pitch for White Whale Creations + back pain, cancer & sex advice
Spain goes medical & Germany restricts canna-telehealth
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October 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In this week’s newsletter…
- Cannabis for chronic lower back pain & Tourette syndrome
- THC worsens schizophrenia but CBD may help
- (5x) Heart harms
- Preclinical: CBD synergizes with naloxone to lessen the opioid-induced respiratory depression + for heroin, reduced seeking behavior
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C&P#159: Help for lower back pain & Tourette syndrome, harm for schizophrenia & the heart
Bavaria’s only club ist kaputt + Trump declares war on the cartels
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October 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
In this week’s newsletter…
- Cannabis for spinal cord injuries & endometriosis
- Combine hemp with your health spa sulfur spring treatments
- CBD topicals for orofacial pain
- Cannabis for cancer symptoms!
- Endocannabinoids in your breast milk
- So much for growers
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C&P#158: spinal cord injuries, endometriosis, cancer & health sulfur springs treatments
Germany says no new medical imports & Bavaria blocks clubs with building codes
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September 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for female orgasmic difficulty + complex regional pain syndrome + epidermolysis bullosa (skin blistering)
-CBD topical for TMJ facial pain
-CUD linked to 3x oral cancer risk & canna to asthma & chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
-4x on HIV
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C&P#157: (my first EmJay!) orgasms, complex regional pain & skin blistering
France going medical + Thai "Cannabis King" is new PM
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September 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-CBD for blood pressure
-Cannabis for pancreatitis + diabetic neuropathy + fibro
-Cannabinoids for insomnia + spinal cord injury spasticity
-Sex-specific canna-effects
-For cannabis workers, asthma rates on the rise
-4x: harms of prenatal cannabinoid exposure
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C&P#156: CBD for blood pressure & cannabinoids for so many diseases
Dying cannabis workers + Thailand arrests 200k for drugs
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September 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In this week’s newsletter
- Case Report Week! cannabinoids for endometriosis, Parkinson’s, pancreatitis & glioblastoma
- THC & CBD for the advanced cancer pain & the neuropathy of chemo
- Aging Week! Live longer & better with cannabis
- Cannabis for dogs with osteoarthritis
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C&P#155: EU Canna-Conferences + Crazy Case Reports
US cannabis deportations & War on Drugs heats up
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September 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for teens with Tourette's
-In epilepsy, cannabis can increase seizures
-CBDs & electroacupuncture for neurodegeneration
-In early psychosis, cannabis linked to more suicidality risk
-In the Drug War, Costa Rica’s narco-corruption scandal
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C&P#153: cannabis for teens with Tourette’s
Slovenia goes medical, Uruguay issues a report card & Kazakhstan will make passports with hemp
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July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-CBD for lung cancer patients & cannabis for endometriosis & OUD
-Beautiful chart on autism & the endocannabinoid-microbiome-brain axis
-Adverse cannabis skin reactions
-The pangenome of cannabis
-The Sinaloa Cartel hacked the FBI & murdered gov’t sources
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C&P#152: lung cancer, endometriosis & opioid use disorder
US stalls & Turkey expands
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July 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-In femmes with sexual dysfunction, cannabis benefits
-Canna for fibro (2x), GI issues & neurologically disabled children + CBD for dementia
-Preclinical: CBD for concussions, panic, orofacial pain & meth's neurotoxicity, CBDA for ALS & CBG for fatty livers
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C&P#151: fibro, dememtia, female sexual dysfunction & neurologically disabled children
Harsher penalties in Georgia & US states all over the place
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July 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In this week’s newsletter…
- Canna for fibro, IBD, breast cancer survivors & chronic pain in people with OUD
- 2 on increased heart risk from lifetime use
- 2 on CBD benefits for dogs
- National Guard deployed for DEA raids
- CBD for adolescent depression & radiation skin wounds
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C&P#150: fibro, IBD, breast cancer survivors, chronic pain & vaginal secretions
Thailand reversed their legalization & Korea ruled CBD illegal
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June 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for OCD + MS + neuropathic pain
-Cancer Week! on both treatment & increased risk
-Skin Week! topicals for skin conditions
-Preclinical: CBD protecting from schizophrenia symptoms, lessening methamphetamine use disorder & soothing inflammatory pain
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C&P#149: Cannabis for OCD & MS + Cancer Week! + Skin Week!
King Charles on the reefer?!
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June 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In this week’s newsletter:
-For neuropathic chemo pain, CBD & exercise
-Cannabinoids for musculoskeletal repair
-Cannabis use linked to a 71% increased risk of arrhythmia
-Preclinical: PEA for Alzheimer’s + cannabis for kidney damage + CBD for lowering opioid respiratory depression
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C&P#148: neuropathic pain, musculoskeletal injury repair & heart arrhythmias
Albania goes medical, German prisoners now allowed 50g in their cells & Canada allows a CHS class action lawsuit
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June 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for young people with cancer & not interfering with immunotherapy
-CBD for opioid use disorder
-Medical cannabinoids for children
-Teens using cannabis for chronic pain & the docs who don't believe them
-The ECS & female reproduction+male fertility
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C&P#147: kids & cancer + teens & chronic pain + OEA & OEA (argh)
UK decrim wrestling, Thai tightening, Ukraine importing & Moldova planting
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June 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
In this week’s newsletter
- CBD for the behavioral problems of severe autism
- Preclinical: CBN for aging brains + cannabis for strokes + CBD for autism, chronic stress & when scared shitless by venomous snakes
- For UTIs, 3D-printing a CBD stent
- Shakespeare our fellow stoner?!?!
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C&P#146: CBD for severe autism & lots of case reports
Restrictions in Malta & Tennessee + quiet quitting the War on Drugs
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June 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for cancer symptoms + reduced drinking + musculoskeletal pain + aging + teens with Tourette's
-The harms of vaping (2x)
-OEA for cardiometabolic health!
-Preclinical: CBC for depression + OEA for stroke
-Surgical effects & driving (mixed results)
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C&P#145: Cannabis for cancer & reduced drinking + vaping harms & surgical effects
Native American cannabis news
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May 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In this week’s newsletter
-Cannabis for autism & CBD for severe childhood epilepsy
-Striking case reports for fibro & a spinal cord injury
-The many genetic effects of CBD
-Liberalized cannabis laws = less violent crime
-In bipolar, canna-withdrawal can trigger a mania
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C&P#144: cannabis for autism, CBD’s genetic effects & outcomes of prenatal exposure
On coca & cocaine
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May 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
In this week's newsletter
-CBD for breast cancer
-First trimester cannabis linked to autism
-On cannabis & meditation, the goods & the bads
-On CBD's drug interactions + combo of cannabis & tobacco
-CBD relaxes vaginal smooth muscle tissue
-Legal cannabis access reduced cannabis harms
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C&P#143: CBD & breast cancer, cannabis & meditation, lots on harm reduction
Turkish town stoned for 5 days after police burn
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May 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
In this week’s newsletter…
-Cannabis for COVID, PTSD & cancer symptoms
-Epilepsy (3x)
-Psychotic-like experiences exacerbated by cannabis use
-(3x) CHS
-Preclinical: Oleoylethanolamide for obesity, arthritis & alcohol use disorder
-Bitten by a cobra? cannabis will kill you quicker
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C&P#142: COVID, PTSD & cancer + cannabis bad for cobra bites
Bad in Italy, good in Kazakhstan & for US hemp
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April 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM