Category Archives: Cannabis: Answer to The Opioid Crisis?

Cannabidiol (CBD) May Improve Craving and Anxiety in Opioid Addiction

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The opioid abuse epidemic is expanding in the United States (US), and increasingly affects other nations, spurring the search for therapeutic agents that are not themselves μ-opioid agonists. The authors found that cannabidiol (CBD; from cannabis [Cannabis sativa, Cannabaceae]) reduced craving and anxiety associated with heroin-seeking behavior triggered by drug cues in vivo. Drug cues contribute to relapse in drug-abstinent

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Cannabis: Answer to The Opioid Crisis?

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Opioid drugs* like oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, and heroin caused over 28,000 deaths in the United States in 2014, more than any earlier year on record, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was estimated in 2012 that about 2.1 million Americans suffered substance abuse disorders related to prescribed opioids and another half million were addicted to

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