Cannabis telemedicine allows physicians to supply medical cannabis prescriptions to patients through video chats. New Jersey is the latest state to adopt this option.
The pandemic has pushed telemedicine to the forefront of the conversation, providing an option that’s safer for everyone and that gives patients the chance to get the medical advice they need while saving money, time and stress.
According to state law, the doctor must discuss the risks and benefits of opiates and other alternatives during these video meetings. They must also provide the necessary information on medical cannabis, check in with a Prescription Monitoring Program for what they prescribe and supply a maximum supply of 5 days when it comes to acute pain diagnoses. The meetings must also have video and audio enabled from all participants and must be “consistent with the standard of care.”
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“New Jersey health care practices are again offering in-person services, but telehealth remains an important option for patients and providers,” said Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. “Today, we’re making it easier for patients to choose telehealth services for any reason, including to avoid an in-person visit due to the continuing risk of COVID-19.”
While telemedicine is a simple way of eliminating in-person visits to hospitals and doctors offices and, thus, preventing the spread of the virus, New Jersey’s new ruling has to follow the DEA’s standards. Due to the pandemic, the DEA has allowed a temporary waiver that allows medical practitioners to supply medical cannabis through video but doctors will likely be extra careful when prescribing these, ensuring that the condition being treated fits neatly into their state’s medical cannabis program.
Other states in the U.S. have implemented cannabis telemedicine, not only due to the pandemic, but also in hopes of facilitating virtual visits for patients who are in no condition to visit a doctor’s office or who live far away from their physician. At the end of the day, telemedicine, particularly when it relates to cannabis, is something that’s very convenient.
Even if you’ve taken CBD, chances are you still have questions. We’re here to help.
Over the past couple of years, CBD products have exploded in popularity and access. They’re one of the few items that can be found in your local CVS and gas station mini-mart (although we do not recommend buying CBD from a gas station!) as well as Sephora. Despite the buzz that surrounds it, there’s still a lot of misinformation surrounding CBD, with many not quite getting a grasp on its effects.
CBD, or cannabidiol, is a cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. While it can be consumed along with THC, it’s not psychedelic, making it more accessible to people of different ages and religious beliefs. Although more research is necessary, CBD tests have shown some promise in providing pain relief and treating mental ailments like anxiety, stress and depression.
Here are 5 of the most common questions people Google when it comes to CBD:
While research on the compound is still rudimentary, CBD appears to be safe when consumed as an oil and even as medication. CBD topicals haven’t been associated with negative side effects either.
When consuming too much of CBD in oil form, some people have reported effects like diarrhea, reduced appetite, dry mouth, nausea and more. Some animal studies have also shown that CBD could harm the health of their livers, but evidence isn’t conclusive.
In 2018, the US Farm Bill was approved, legalizing industrial hemp. CBD products fall under a tricky legal ground; they should be legal provided they contain less than 0.3 percent of THC. If the product contains more THC than that, then it’s considered illegal on a federal level. One issue that makes this topic all the more complex is the fact that CBD is a relatively new industry, with many companies not knowing how to measure the amount of CBD and THC that’s in their products.
While some CBD users swear by their CBD products, others believe that the craze behind it is a fad. The truth lies between these two statements; while the compound can do a lot of good for some people, companies have taken advantage of the misinformation that surrounds the compound, making exaggerated statements that have no scientific proof.
While a CBD product might say that it provides relaxing effects, don’t trust products that claim that they can heal your every problem.
CBD gummies have become very popular, primarily due to how easily and discreetly they can be used. While there’s no scientific evidence that proves that they actually work, different statements from people suggest that they produce relaxing effects, especially if they’re used over long periods of time. Until there’s some scientific studies that look into their functionality, there’s no way to say if they’re effective or not. For now, they appear to be safe and delicious.
Can you have withdrawals from using it?
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While CBD doesn’t produce a high, it is psychoactive (not be be confused with psychedelic), meaning that it can influence your state of mind. This means that it could also potentially lead to withdrawals once usage is stopped. There are not a lot of scientific studies on this, but personal anecdotes suggest that when some users stopped using CBD, the original symptoms they were treating come back more pronounced. Otherwise, there have been no symptoms of traditional withdrawal associated with the compound.
Turbo relationships skip many of the steps that define “traditional” relationships. These are thriving in quarantine, even if people are having a tough time navigating these new scenarios.
The pandemic has affected relationships greatly, adding strain to marriages, cohabitating couples and those who’ve spent lockdown apart. Then there’s turbo dating, the phenomenon where people date and skip about 20 steps in terms of relationship commitment before moving in together.
Turbo dating, also dubbed corona-cuffing, refers to couples who moved in together after spending a short amount of time getting to knowing each other (or “courting,” as the kids used to say). Since pandemic lockdowns were mandated without much notice, it makes sense that some couples would want to move in together versus living apart for an unknown amount of time. While moving in with an almost stranger is always a little crazy, in turbo daters defense, no one was expecting the pandemic to last for as long as it has or for the world to be this crazy.
Over a third (36%) of people newly living with a partner believe the past two months feel equivalent to two years of commitment
More than half (59%) of new couples feel more committed to their partner than ever, but 17% say lockdown made them realise the relationship is over
More than half (59%) of new couples feel more committed to their partner in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis
A key finding, according to the report, was the impact of COVID-19 on couples that are newly living together. Nearly two-thirds (63%) say their relationship feels stronger, and over half (58%) say they’re now convinced they want to be with their partner forever.
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Other people who have quarantined alone through the pandemic have also started to form relationships with people they’d never met, spending hours texting and talking without meeting up in person. Many were surprised that when they finally met up with the person they’d been in contact with, there was no attraction. “When we met, I didn’t feel that same connection we’d had over message. I felt silly that I had constructed an idea of a person in my mind that didn’t live up to reality,” Rachel Thompson wrote in Mashable.
Thompson spoke to Hayley Quinn, a dating expert from Match, who explained that the pandemic has contributed to the development of a lot of confusing feelings and romantic situations, causing people to feel extremely lonely and throwing a wrench into their emotions.
“Whether it’s the relationship of convenience that was struck up during social distancing, or the relationship that moved at light speed to ‘self-isolate’ together, with more freedom available in our dating lives now, we ask whether these relationships go the distance. Chances are if you developed a relationship out of circumstance more than choice, now will be your exit cue,”
While the couples who survive the pandemic will definitely come out stronger and with a deeper bond thanks to a once in a lifetime experience together, there’s still a lot of kinks that come with dating in a pandemic, no matter your approach. The dating pool is more limited now and there’s awkward questions that must be asked before you go out with someone. It’s a new world and we’re all trying our best to adjust.
Studies have shown that at times of great distress and upheaval, our brains can shut down, effectively not processing everything in front of us.
Since exploding across the planet earlier this year, many arguments could easily be made that COVID-19 has caused a definite uptick in stress, anxiety, and incidents of depression. One of the greatest unknowns of COVID-19 is a full sense of the interaction of the virus with other physical and psychological conditions as stress and depression interlace at many points. Perhaps CBD can help Covid psychological stress. Many people do not realize the interlocking connections between physical and mental health. It’s not just the long hours of quarantine, but the subtle way(s) in which COVID-19 combines with other pre-existing conditions to weaken patients’ psyche and energy.
Understanding stress in a pandemic
Stress can disrupt “business as usual” in our brains. Recent studies have clarified how stress saps our ability to plan and how stress changes the way certain brain cells operate. Previous studies have shown that at times of great distress and upheaval, our brains can shut down, effectively not processing everything in front of us.
How you respond to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic can depend on your background, your social support from family or friends, your financial situation, your health and emotional background, the community you live in, and many other factors. The changes that can happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways we try to contain the spread of the virus can affect anyone.
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Beyond COVID-19: Mental health struggles
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Coronavirus is causing mental health struggles all over the globe. They state, “Adapting to lifestyle changes… and managing the fear of contracting the virus and worry about people close to us who are particularly vulnerable, are challenging for all of us.”
In June, the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease said that beyond the normal concerns about respiratory diseases, breathing the novel coronavirus has displayed an increasing impact on people with existing mental or neurological conditions, or mental health trauma or other issues.
Not to mention that oftentimes, patients who do leave ICU and recover from their respiratory symptoms are potentially at higher risk for long-term residual neuropsychiatric and neurocognitive conditions including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosis, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.
So, what are those seriously needing help to do? The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), recommends finding resources to invest time and someone to talk to—from a safe distance. But even that may not be enough.
CBD on the rise
According to Oasis Intelligence, 5% of consumers in the pandemic are turning to CBD oil to quell anxiety and calm their fears. A recent CNN article showcased CBD’s place not only for patients but healthcare professionals as well. Dr. June Chin shared that, “Health-care workers [who] are working long shifts are finding CBD helpful for restorative sleep and on their days off using it for pain and inflammation — from being on their feet all day, [and having] low back pain and neck pain.” Many other adults are turning to Cannabinoids like CBD during the crisis to help with feelings of overwhelm. With a high-margin of safety and little to no side effects, scientists are also finding that CBD could potentially help fight COVID-19. With CBD and marijuana sales on the rise, patients are finding relief through better sleep and a calmer head. So hopefully CBD can help COVID psychological stress.
The VP pick has evolved her views on cannabis reform, but her history has left her open to attacks from opponents.
When Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his running mate Tuesday, he invited renewed interest in what cannabis reform would look like under his potential presidency. GOP figures, including President Donald Trump, immediately targeted Harris’s conflicting history with cannabis in his initial response to Biden’s historic decision.
In recent years, Harris embraced reform at the federal level by sponsoring a number of cannabis bills and has called to end the War on Drugs. So what makes her a target on cannabis reform? It has to do with her past.
California Prosecutor Kamala Harris
Harris was California’s attorney general between 2011 to 2017 before she was elected as the state’s junior senator in 2016. During her time as a California prosecutor — she was also San Francisco district attorney between 2004 and 2011 — she was associated with opposing cannabis and for good reason not hide an opposition to cannabis.
In 2010, she co-authored a voter guide argument against Proposition 19, which would have legalized recreational marijuana in California, calling the initiative “flawed public policy.” As attorney general, she declined to support an effort by other states to remove cannabis from the DEA’s controlled substances list.
When she sought re-election in 2014, Harris ran against GOP candidate and strong cannabis advocate Ron Gold. A local reporter asked Harris about Gold’s views on legalizing adult-use marijuana in California. She responded by laughing in his face, and saying Gold is “entitled to his opinion.” Harris also opted not to support the 2016 ballot initiative that eventually legalized cannabis in California.
But the most damning record Harris has on cannabis comes from a 2019 Washington Free Beacon investigation. Crime records showed that between 2011-16 when Harris was attorney general, 1,560 people were sent to state prisons for cannabis-related offenses. And while low-level marijuana offenders who were sent to state prisons did decline after 2011, that was caused by a statewide effort to reduce populations in California’s overcrowded prisons.
Harris backtracks on cannabis
When she entered the U.S. Senate in 2016, Harris appeared to leave behind any lingering cannabis opposition. She notably blasted U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a 2017 speech at the Center for American Progress, criticizing Sessions for pursuing draconian prohibitionist policies.
“Let me tell you what California needs, Jeff Sessions. We need support in dealing with transnational criminal organizations and dealing with human trafficking — not in going after grandma’s medicinal marijuana,” she said.
She then added the strongest pro-cannabis statement at that point in her career, advocating for cannabis decriminalization.
“While I don’t believe in legalizing all drugs — as a career prosecutor, I just don’t — we need to do the smart thing, the right thing, and finally decriminalize marijuana,” she said.
Harris later supported the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act as the lead Senate sponsor in 2018. The bill would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and included social justice provisions, like cannabis record expungements. She also added her name to Sen. Cory Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act, a more far-reaching legalization measure that would also penalize states where law enforcement disproportionately targets people of color in marijuana-related offenses.
Making marijuana legal at the federal level is the smart thing to do and it’s the right thing to do. Today, I’m announcing my support for @CoryBooker’s Marijuana Justice Act. pic.twitter.com/cOh3SjMaOW
— Vice President Kamala Harris Archived (@VP46Archive) May 10, 2018
“We need to legalize marijuana and regulate it,” Harris wrote in her 2019 book The Truths We Tell. “And we need to expunge nonviolent marijuana-related offenses from the records of the millions of people who have been arrested and incarcerated so they can get on with their lives.”
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Harris in 2020 election race
During her presidential primary bid, Harris released a criminal justice reform plan that made her cannabis views explicitly clear. writing, “[I]t is past time to end the failed war on drugs, and it begins with legalizing marijuana.”
She also tweeted: “marijuana isn’t a gateway drug and should be legalized.”
Let's be clear: marijuana isn't a gateway drug and should be legalized. Glad to see my bill with Rep. Nadler take the next step in the House this week. https://t.co/d6BcMFlpYT
But that association with cannabis reform Harris had carefully developed as a senator was called into question by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. During a primary debate, Gabbard highlighted that Harris had “put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana.”
Post-presidential views
Harris hasn’t let Gabbard’s comments reverse her cannabis policies. Before Biden selected her as his running mate, Harris signed onto a letter by fellow senators imploring Congress to allow cannabis small businesses to receive coronavirus-related funds. She also signed onto a different letter directed at Attorney General William Barr urging a federal change to improve marijuana research policies.
I applaud Illinois’ leadership on this issue. Expunging non-violent marijuana-related offenses is the right thing to do.
Notable GOP figures highlighted Harris’s conflicting marijuana history as a California prosecutor and member of the U.S. Senate.
California Sen. Kamala Harris is officially Joe Biden’s running mate, making her the first Black and South Asian American woman to make a major party’s presidential ticket. The announcement was made yesterday, and the selection has already drawn criticism from notable GOP members, including President Donald Trump, who targeted Harris’s cannabis history.
Trump first called Harris “nastier than Pocahontas,” a dig at his rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed Cherokee Native American ancestry in the past. The President later labeled Harris “the meanest, most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the U.S. Senate.”
Trump was also asked about past comments by Harris about smoking marijuana listening to Snoop Dogg and Tupac, which some thought conflicted with her history pursuing cannabis prosecutions as California’s Attorney General.
“She lied, she said things that were untrue,” Trump said, although the President declined to comment on her cannabis policies.
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In a Fox News interview, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway suggested that Harris will have to answer for her prosecutorial record.
“I think as attorney general in California, the position that Kamala Harris has held much longer than she’s been a United States senator, people will dig into that record,” she told Fox. “It looks like she left nobody happy.”
“She is seen by those on the far left, many speaking up last night, as not sufficiently for criminal justice reform,” Conway added. “She locked up over 1,500 people or so on marijuana charges, and by others who are for public safety and law and order, she is seen as somebody who is soft on some of those criminals. And so, I think she has a very mixed record there that people will dig into.”
Newsmax TV also brought up this issue while discussing Biden’s VP pick. Newsmax, conservative cable news station, had former Nevada GOP chairwoman Amy Tarkanian on the program where she reiterated Conway’s views.
“The fact [is] Kamala Harris has such a terrible prosecutorial history in areas where she incarcerated many folks who were actually black due to minor infractions and smoking marijuana even though she smoked it herself,” Tarkanian said.
“The list goes on and on and on,” she added.
“The fact that Kamala Harris has such a terrible prosecutorial history where she incarcerated many folks who were actually black due to minor infractions & smoking marijuana even though she smoked it herself,” @MrsT106 tells Newsmax TV.
These comments came hours after Biden selected Harris as his running mate. Harris also ran in the Democrat primary as a presidential candidate, but dropped out before any votes were cast in Iowa or New Hampshire.
It’s worth noting that much of CBD’s popularity is contingent upon its physical and mental health benefits. But what exactly are these benefits?
These days, CBD products are everywhere. You can’t walk more than a few miles in a major city without finding a shop advertising CBD oil and related products, and if you know where to look online, you can find a variety of CBD products to suit your needs. New studies about CBD are consistently emerging, and there might be significant discussion about the compound within your group of friends. What exactly is CBD? And why the CBD market is exploding.
What Is CBD?
We’ll start with the basics. CBD is an acronym that stands for cannabidiol, which is a cannabinoid. Cannabinoids are compounds that are found in the cannabis plant. Cannabis itself contains a variety of different cannabinoids, many of which carry different psychological and physiological effects. THC, for example, is known for its hallucinogenic effects, and it’s responsible for the “high” you feel when consuming cannabis products.
CBD, on the other hand, doesn’t produce a psychoactive high. Instead, it’s responsible for a calming effect, reducing your anxiety and mellowing you out. With the right techniques, a producer can selectively remove CBD from cannabis, and use that CBD to make specific products. Oftentimes, CBD is made into an oil, which can then be consumed directly or incorporated into a consumable product. There are also more interesting CBD-related products, like the sour “space candy” CBD hemp flower, which is high in CBD.
Factors for CBD Popularity
So why is CBD suddenly becoming popular in the United States?
There are several different explanations, each of which likely plays some role in producing this effect:
Regulatory leniency. First, we’ve recently seen a wave of regulatory leniency. For many years, almost every type of product derived from cannabis was banned, due to the nature of cannabis as a Schedule I drug. But thanks to recent laws, it’s now legal for manufacturers to create and sell derivative products—including CBD oil.
Research and newfound effects. In part due to lax regulations, we’re also seeing a wave of new research about the positive effects of CBD oil, and we’re discovering how useful it is in treating a variety of medical conditions. Millions of people can benefit from using CBD, and the more we understand about this substance, the safer and more beneficial it seems. Public excitement motivates more research, and new research motivates public excitement, resulting in a positive feedback loop.
Trends and fashion. There’s no denying that CBD is also a trendy product. It’s something major influencers are talking about, and millions of people are claiming to experience the benefits firsthand. This type of popularity is self-sustaining; the more popular something becomes, the more people talk about it, and the more people talk about it, the more popular it becomes.
Product innovation. All these effects are inspiring entrepreneurs, inventors, culinary artists, and manufacturers to get creative and experiment with CBD in new ways. In the past several years, we’ve seen the emergence of dozens of new types of CBD products, including foods, oils, and methods of consumption and application.
Profitability and new market potential. CBD Is also a profitable product to sell, if you know how to market it. In some ways, this is an entirely new industry, and entrepreneurs are eager to take advantage of it. Public demand, inexpensive development, and limited competition are the perfect formula for attracting new business creation.
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The Benefits of CBD
It’s worth noting that much of CBD’s popularity is contingent upon its physical and mental health benefits. But what exactly are these benefits?
Anxiety and depression management. One of the most common uses of CBD is the management of mental health afflictions like anxiety and depression. CBD has a calming effect that can relieve worried minds, and a relieving effect that can improve some symptoms of mild depression.
Sleep habit improvement. Because CBD produces feelings of relaxation and helps to ease racing thoughts, it’s used regularly as a way to induce sleep or improve sleep habits. For people who struggle with insomnia or other parasomnias, it’s a natural and ideal solution.
Relief of pain. Some people also use CBD as a way to relieve pain. Ingesting CBD oil can relieve some kinds of chronic physical pain, and applying it topically can relieve pain associated with the skin.
Treatment for various conditions and disorders. Though research is still limited, there’s promise for the use of CBD in treating many different conditions and disorders, including muscle spasms and seizures.
We’re still in the early stages of understanding CBD as a medicinal and therapeutic product, but the more we learn about it, the better the outlook seems. In some ways, the CBD craze can be described as a fad, but the future of the CBD market for both consumers and business owners looks bright.
This article originally appeared on Green Market Report and was reposted with permission.
The pandemic has altered the way in which we spend our money. Here are just some of the strange products that have sold well over the past several of months.
The pandemic has changed lots of things in our lives, from the way we eat to the way we occupy our free time. And it’s definitely changed our spending habits.
While some people may be taking this opportunity to save some money since they’re not going out or traveling as often as they used to, others are taking that money and spending it on unconventional things. Like bidets.
For some reason, people have been ordering so many roller skates that retailers have been struggling to keep up with demand. Maybe people are turning to roller skates as a new way of burning calories or maybe they’re just looking for alternative modes of transportation now that bikes are also very difficult to find. The world needs a new cheap mode of transportation.
If you’re anywhere near social media, the fact that yeast has been selling like crazy since the start of the pandemic shouldn’t be a surprise. People are utilizing their time at home by making bread of all things, posting images of their hit and miss creations.
Guns
A scary statistic is one that was released by the FBI, claiming that they’d conducted 3.9 million background checks in June due to the sale of firearms. The pandemic has made everyone think of apocalyptic scenarios, making them purchase guns in order to feel safe. This also isn’t helped by the fact that it’s an election year, a time that usually bumps up the sales of guns.
While clothing sales have dropped dramatically, with plenty of large and recognized stores filing for bankruptcy, sweatpants have done well. Really well, actually, with shops reporting an 80% spike in sales. Now that we spend most of our days lounging around the house, this item makes total sense.
Bidets
Thanks to toilet paper shortages, which caused a big uproar in March, there have been a lot of bidets sold. Because apparently a clean butt is a top priority in a pandemic. According to Jason Ojalvo, CEO of Tushy, bidet sales have been 10 times higher since COVID hit.
A smokable hemp ban damages farmers and retailers amid a global pandemic, so why is Texas proceeding with a potentially unconstitutional act?
Though Texas lawmakers legalized production and sale of hemp in their last legislative session, they have now created a framework that essentially bans the sale of “smokable” products. Edible goods, tinctures, and topicals remain okay under the new program. But farmers and cannabis activists alike feel lawmakers violated the scope of the original legislation.
This week hemp manufacturers and retailers filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of State Health Services over the new administrative rule, which went into effect August 2. The lawsuit “seeks a declaration that the Legislative Ban contained in Texas Agriculture Code 122.301(b) and Texas Health & Safety Code 443.204(4), which bans the processing and manufacture of hemp products for smoking in Texas, is unconstitutional.”
“This ban is a punitive kick in the teeth to Texas’ small businesses and enterprising farmers,” added Texas Hemp Growers president Zachary Maxwell in a statement.
“Texas will forfeit millions in tax revenue to more competitive states by denying the industry full access to this federally legal plant.”
Hemp was hyped as a savior crop to Texas farmers, replacing corn, cotton, and milo. As Texas Monthly notes, Texas farmers were “betting that CBD products will save Texas agriculture from the ruinous effects on commodity prices of the ongoing trade war with China.”
But hemp has not produced a profitable crop for many farmers. With this ban, Texas lawmakers have now chopped those farmers at the knee in regards to the revenue available to them.
“For some of these businesses, those types of products make up about half of what they’re selling,” Jax Finkel, the executive director of Texas NORML (National Organization for the Reformation of Marijuana Laws), told Houston Public Media. “These are businesses that have been able to stay open during the pandemic because of delivery options and curbside options. [They’ve] been able to at least keep their employees partially, if not fully, employed.”
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When Florida legalized medical marijuana, the state underwent a similar fiasco. Lawmakers banned smokable flower and advocates filed multiple lawsuits ruling the ban unconstitutional. The courts ruled in activists’ favor and Florida lost millions in legal fees defending a ban residents rejected.
One can’t help wondering what motivates the administrative ban on smokable hemp. Texas lawmakers didn’t realize the implications caused by legalizing hemp production, it appears. They effectively decriminalized marijuana statewide because prosecutors couldn’t prove whether a defendant was carrying THC-dominant weed or hemp under the legal limit without expensive lab testing.
Marijuana prosecutions dropped by more than half following hemp legalization and district attorneys stopped pursuing them altogether. This upset Texas GOP something fierce, as Gov. Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen admonished prosecutors in an open letter. “Failing to enforce marijuana laws cannot be blamed on legislation that did not decriminalize marijuana in Texas,” they wrote.
This smokable hemp ban could be an attempt to reverse the mistake. But if state regulators can’t settle their differences, why is it hemp farmers and retailers have to suffer? Should the lawsuit proceed against the state, maybe we’ll find the answer.
The results of a 2007 study suggest that cannabinoids inhibit keratinocyte proliferation, which supports a potential role for CBD in the treatment of psoriasis. But where is research at today?
August is Psoriasis Awareness Month and during the current COVID-19 global pandemic, and global uncertainties, psoriasis is causing havoc on the bodies of many Americans. Concerns about the best way to effectively treat psoriasis is still a constant discussion on the forefront of scientists and doctors all over the globe.
According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that affects the lives of approximately 8 million Americans. Psoriasis occurs when the autoimmune system attacks healthy skin cells. In many people, psoriasis manifests as blotchy marks on the hands and the face. This is due to a buildup of the cells near the surface of the skin. Psoriasis is also potentially connected to several related health conditions, including depression, anxiety, and the risk of suicide. CBD as therapy for psoriasis
“We know that cannabinoids like CBD can reduce inflammation and pain,” David Casarett, MD, chief of palliative care at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, told Health, regarding using CBD oil to help relieve psoriasis symptoms. “Again, what we’re seeing right now is that most of the evidence is circumstantial but promising.”
A 2019 study, published in the journal Clinical Therapeutics, administered CBD salve to 20 patients and found that, “the results showed that topical treatment with CBD-enriched ointment significantly improved the skin parameters, the symptoms and also the PASI index score. No irritant or allergic reactions were documented during the period treatment.”
CBD is known for its anti-inflammatory properties. Although there is some evidence that CBD salve has some potential positive effects, there is not a substantial amount of supportive evidence. However, a2007 study, published in the medical journal Dermatological Science, showed some promise.
The results suggest that cannabinoids inhibit keratinocyte proliferation, which supports a potential role for CBD in the treatment of psoriasis. Cannabinoid use is limited by the local and state laws, in several states. The use of CBD is limited in the treatments of most internal and external medical conditions.
So where else is the medicine going? With more studies than ever recruiting patients to examine the benefits of CBD-based treatment, psoriasis could soon have many other options.
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