Tag Archive for "study"

CBD stops inflammation

Inflammation effects people who have diseases like lupus, colitis, arthritis, and even multiple sclerosis.  When using CBD oil to treat any inflammation, chronic or not, it activates the CB2 receptors found all over your body with no psychoactive effect. In a study done at Imperial College London, researchers found...

New Study Proves CBD Useful in Treating Opioid Use Disorder

Opioid use disorder is a medical condition characterized by a problematic pattern of opioid use that causes clinically significant impairment or distress.  It often includes a strong desire to use opioids, increased tolerance to opioids, and withdrawal syndrome when opioids are abruptly discontinued.   Addiction and dependence are components of...

Cannabinoid Study Shows CBD can reduce Sciatica

Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of of multiple cannabinoids that are found in Cannabis.  Our bodies have a system within it called the Endocannabioid System (ECS).  The ECS has multiple receptors called CB1 and CB2.  Those receptors are found in all of our organs, except in the Thalamus and Brainstem...

Cannabidiol and Cancer

The National Cancer Institute has published a Q&A on Cannabidiol (CBD) and Cancer.  This is what they have say. A laboratory study of cannabidiol (CBD) in estrogen receptor positive and estrogen receptor negative breast cancer cells showed that it caused cancer cell death while having little effect on normal...

Marijuana Dispensaries not Linked Higher Crime Rates

A recent study done by the University of California, San Jose State University, and the University of Kansas concluded that “mean property and violent crime rates within 100 foot buffers of tobacco shops and alcohol outlets, but not Medical Marijuana Dispensaries (MMD), substantially exceeded community wide mean crime rates...

Cannabidiol Strengthens Bones according to new study

In a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, scientists from Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University in Israel discovered that cannabidiol (CBD) when given to rats with mid-femoral fractures enhanced the healing process of the femora in just 8 weeks.  These same scientists in a...

CBD and High Blood Pressure

In a study done this past summer by The Journal of Clinical Insight in England, 9 men were given 600mg of CBD or placebo.  In one dose the participants who received the CBD had lowered their resting systolic blood pressure by 6mmHg and reduced stroke volume by 8ml compared to...