As research continues on the benefits of CBD oil, more people are starting to realize there’s more good than bad in it. Here’s how the benefits and drawbacks shake out.

There’s always something to worry about, like bills, food, and your health. Whatever the case, anxiety is common, and so is depression. Fortunately, there are a lot of solutions for both.

Some people rely on medications and therapy to overcome anxiety and depression. Others turn to coping mechanisms like yoga and meditation.

Lately, the search for anxiety and depression treatment has been shifting towards more natural medications. In particular, CBD oil.

Cannabis could be a useful harm reduction strategy for young people struggling with addiction, according to new research out of B.C.

Two newly published studies from researchers with the BC Centre on Substance Use and the University of British Columbia examined cannabis use behaviours among young people and other people who use drugs in downtown Vancouver.

Together, these studies suggest that cannabis could be effective both as harm reduction as well as a substitute for illicit opioid use.

The findings come as B.C. is seeing its worst stretch in history for fatal overdoses, due to a increasingly toxic drug supply and social contact restrictions amid COVID-19 driving many to use alone.

CBD offers a bunch of potential benefits for our pets' ailments, so why aren’t more veterinarians writing prescriptions?

According to Dr. Andrea Carlson at Southlake Animal Hospital, "Your traditional vet may not recommend CBD for several reasons. These include:

1. Not being aware of the benefits.

2. Fear of recommending CBD because it was previously listed as illegal.

3. The veterinarian may have used a product that was not full-spectrum and it may not have worked [many broad-spectrum products are available, but full-spectrum is the one you need].

4. The lack of available research.

5. Veterinarians learn about conventional pharmaceutical medicine at vet school, not holistic medicine, like CBD.

Increasing demand for safety and high-quality medical products has added impetus to cannabis testing services and will contribute to the growth of the global cannabis testing market, which is set to grow by 13.4% by 2025.

According to a Global Market Insights, Inc., report, the growing prevalence for these tests by cultivators and manufacturers will bolster the industry trends. The Bureau of Cannabis Control, as of March 2018, had issued about 26 temporary licenses to testing laboratories in California.

CBD has been a trending item since it became accepted and legalized in 2018. The many health claims and benefits associated with CBD have intrigued people around the world who want to try the product for themselves. However, many people are still intimidated by the negative connotations associated with the product.

If you’ve been wondering how to start using CBD oil, you’re in luck. Here are some tips and tricks for incorporating CBD oils into your daily routine.

Sometimes, emotions are like fireworks, suddenly exploding into colourful arrays, spilling down into every facet of life. Talk to any woman who has fluctuating hormone levels and she’ll tell you that feeling unbalanced or “out-of-whack” is something that she wishes never occurred.

Scientists have long been looking into the link between hormone imbalance, early menstruation and quality-of-life. While not solely caused by environmental factors (some of these are genetic or induced by thyroid problems or stress) hormone imbalances can affect mood, weight gain, hair loss and pain levels.

In a first of its kind clinical trial using gold-standard methods, cannabis has been shown to mitigate the pain of sickle cell disease.

People who live with sickle cell disease suffer chronic pain. In this clinical trial co-led by University of California, Irvine, researcher Kalpna Gupta and Dr Donald Abrams of UC San Francisco, cannabis appears to be a safe and potentially effective treatment.

Although microdosing may go against the grain of the old time stoner philosophy, doctors say that finding the “minimum effective dose” is the key to medical treatment.

There are those cannabis connoisseurs who enjoy getting super stoned at the end of a long day at the office, while others are embracing microdosing, a method that allows the user to moderate their mind by taking small doses throughout the day.

Less than a fifth of patients believe their doctors are a good source of information regarding cannabis, the results of a new survey revealed. 

Published in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, the survey included over 1,000 adult primary care patients in Vermont. These patients were asked to anonymously judge their primary caregivers’ knowledge on CBD and THC products, as well as their thoughts on the efficacy of cannabis in helping treat various disorders and symptoms. 

Cannabis has been legal in Vermont for medical use since 2004, while recreational use was legalized in 2018. However, only 18% of the patients surveyed “rated their provider as a good source of information regarding cannabis.” 

There’s a lot of misinformation and exaggeration regarding the benefits of CBD. Here are some conditions that the compound can help alleviate.

Despite the incredible popularity that CBD has amassed over the past couple of years, there’s a lot that scientists and experts still don’t know about the compound. While it’d be great if CBD could do all of the things many companies promise it does, it’s a compound like any other, with its fair share of limitations. It’s also one that stands on rocky legal ground, meaning that it needs much more research in order for us to get a clearer picture of what it does and how it functions with our bodies.