The Sweeping Effect of New York Marijuana Law on Existing Hemp Rules
New York just legalized cannabis. However, its new marijuana law comes with a massive overhaul of state regulations for the hemp industry. So big, in fact, it might well send a horde of hemp companies to the tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, market instead. Certainly, it leaves some rather large questions about the future of hemp and […]
The Incredible Neurological Benefits of CBD
Neuropathic pain can be intense. Almost all victims of neurological disorders have tincture for pain nearby. Some of these afflictions are unimaginable, causing oft-deadly symptoms that turn entire lives upside down, such as seizures. Neurological issues are difficult to bear. With little to no relief in sight, effects are debilitating, frequently destroying relationships, families, and […]
7 Ways Hemp Seeds Might Save Your Life
Hemp is proving monumental, quite likely to shape future industry. It is certainly revolutionizing health and medicine. It is even influencing nutrition, and significantly too. It can build houses, make paper, and employ millions. Cannabinoids are valuable. They exist in abundance in hemp plants. Cannabidiol, or CBD, is but one of them. Others exist too, […]
6 Myths about CBD Debunked
Cannabidiol, or CBD, has the focus of scientists worldwide. It is the subject of intense study, the findings of which continually make news headlines. What is more, the results of these studies influence cannabis legislation, in both California and elsewhere. You can find it in health stores, drug stores, grocery stores, and seemingly everywhere. You […]
Why Make CBD Your New Year’s Resolutions for 2021
What would you do if experts told you to put cannabidiol, or CBD, top of your New Year’s resolution List this year? This non-psychoactive, non-addictive gift from nature does not make you “high” or impair your cognitive function. In fact, it enhances concentration and focus, even aids healing from exercise, exertion, and injury. Study after […]
CBD and Epilepsy – Friend or Foe?
The benefits of cannabidiol, or CBD, in treating epilepsy are already legendary. Thousands are trying it reporting astonishingly positive results. Studies are continual, still ongoing, but many now support these claims with gusto. Uncontrollable seizures, which are persistent, consistent, and frankly debilitating, require urgent help. Common drugs prescribed as treatment simply fail in that objective. […]
5 Effects of CBD on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, is among the most debilitating conditions. As its name implies, it affects the bowels, seemingly without cause. It is sadly widespread. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, almost 11 percent of the worldwide population suffers from this affliction. It is a national crisis in the United States, with […]
European Union Court to Rule in Landmark CBD Case
Five judges must rule today on the legality of the ban that France implemented on hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD oil products. The decision of these judges, from the European Union’s highest court in Luxembourg, has the potential to upend the future of Europe’s entire hemp industry. It might well have global implications too. Now, some […]
Effects of CBD on Important Receptors
Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid in cannabis plants. It generates enormous interest among everyone worldwide, from scientists and doctors to patients and generally health conscious folks. How it works is still under study, however. It is pleiotropic. It exerts its many therapeutic effects in a variety of ways, using different mechanisms of action […]
Diabetes and the Dangers of Synthetic Cannabinoids
Unlike real cannabinoids from real cannabis plants, synthetic cannabinoids are a class of research compounds, hundreds of them, designed to mimic real ones and interact with the body’s own endocannabinoid system the same way they do. The first of these, JWH-018, was a “designer” drug highly abused in the mid-2000s. Synthetic cathinones, or bath salts, […]