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Study: Cannabidiol (CBD) as an Effective Asthma Treatment

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/18/2015 - 12:31

Atopic diseases, or those that cause an individual to experience immediate allergic reactions (asthma being one of the more common), affect about 20 percent of the population in developed countries.

Researchers looking for a way to combat the longtime public health concern conducted a series of testsinvolving the use of cannabidiol (CBD).  Although the research used rats as subjects the results are nonetheless encouraging. Early research suggests that CBD is an effective treatment for minimizing the inflammation experienced by asthma sufferers.

The Study

With the approval of the Ethics Committee at Brazil’s Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, and in conjunction with the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, researchers conducted a studyusing 8-week-old rats sourced from a breeding colony. The rats were housed five to a cage and exposed to a 12-hour light cycle....

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