In areas where marijuana isn’t legal on the state-level, it may be challenging to find a wide variety of CBD strains to choose from. Often, your choices will be limited to what that specific retailer is selling or what the coffee shop is adding to its brew. In states where marijuana is legal, though, you […]Read More
CBD Basics
As hemp and marijuana are essentially the same plants, just with different levels of THC, CBD has existed in a bit of a legal gray area. Fortunately, the 2018 Farm Bill helped clear away some of the confusion. If the CBD is derived from industrial hemp, meaning the plant contains less than 0.3 percent THC, […]Read More
If you’re looking to purchase CBD oil for the first time, it can be challenging to know where to start. However, by keeping several things in mind, you should be able to find a CBD product that works for you. Firstly, you should decide how you want to take CBD. The choices break down, typically, […]Read More
CBD pharmacology isn’t especially deep with products and FDA-approved solutions. Recently, the FDA approved a medicine containing CBD for the first time. This drug, Epidiolex, works specifically for the two antiseizure-resistant epilepsy syndromes listed in the previous paragraph: Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Many pharmaceuticals are prescribed for reasons other than the medicine’s intention. That doesn’t […]Read More
To dive a bit deeper into how CBD interacts with the human body it’s necessary to look at a relatively obscure bodily system: cytochrome P-450. This internal system breaks down, processes, and metabolizes many medicines. One of the drugs this system interacts with is CBD. When cytochrome P-450 processes CBD, it slows down processing other […]Read More
Another potential side effect, one that, anecdotally, appears frequently, relative to the others, is diarrhea. This may be surprising, as CBD binds with the CB1 receptor, which reduces gastric acid, prevent reflux, and improves the flow of blood to the stomach lining. In other words, research shows CBD helps reduce acid reflux and heal ulcers. […]Read More