Medical Cannabis Can Help America’s Opiate Crisis
The United States is in the midst of an opioid addiction crisis. Dr. Dustin Sulak discusses a neglected treatment option to deal with the deadly addiction: medical cannabis.
Addiction & Alcoholism
Medical Cannabis Can Help America’s Opiate Crisis
CBD, the Promiscuous Cannabinoid
New research explores the versatile therapeutic potential of CBD for depression, substance abuse, and antibiotic-resistant infections.
Alcohol & the Endocannabinoid System
Scientists have only recently begun to investigate and understand the critical role that the endocannabinoid system plays in alcohol addiction and various mood disorders.
LSD Therapy for Alcoholism
During the 1950s, LSD therapy showed great promise of treating the “spiritual disease” of alcoholism.
Women Patient Cannabis Activists Fighting for Change
Portraits of four women patient-activists who are leading the struggle for medical cannabis access around the world.
Hooked on Weed? Try Nicotine Instead
In its ongoing search for alternatives to recreational cannabis, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has been funding research into much more dangerous and addictive drugs — ostensibly to help people ween off cannabis. Recently NIDA supported a clinical trial which used nicotine as a therapy for relatively mild cannabis withdrawal symptoms.
Cannabis & Binge Drinking
What impact does cannabis legalization have on other substance use by college students? A recent study out of Oregon State University (OSU) aimed to find out.
Cannabinoids for Cannabis Use Disorder?
The research is in. Scientists have discovered a cure for cannabis addiction — and it turns out to be cannabis! Adrian Devitt-Lee explores how a new JAMA study illustrates a larger problem in the scientific community: Hypothesizing After the Results are Known.
Toxic FDA-Approved Food Additives
The FDA recently reiterated its official disapproval of any nonpharmaceutical use of CBD. But their precautionary overreach contrasts sharply with its lax policy towards many common, and problematic, food additives.
Cannabis: Not the Only Cause of Cannabis Withdrawal Syndrome
Confused about cannabis addiction and withdrawal? So are the experts. Researchers were recently surprised to find that cannabis use was not well correlated with its own supposed withdrawal syndrome.
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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CBD
By the Editors of Reader’s Digest & Project CBD: Everything You Need to Know About What It Helps, Where to Buy It, and How to Take It.