Kanye West Promises Free And Legal Marijuana As President
West held his first presidential campaign rallySunday evening, where he detailed various policy views in a rambling speech.
The post Kanye West Promises Free And Legal Marijuana As President appeared first on The Fresh Toast.
A new study shows that sickle cell disease patients may find relief in cannabis.
Can psychedelic medicine be a groundbreaking treatment for veterans and frontline workers?
Experts Believe Divorce Rates Will Increase If There’s A Second Wave Of COVID-19
Western countries, like the U.S., which have divorce rates as high as 50%, are expected to experience an even more pronounced rise in divorces
The post Experts Believe Divorce Rates Will Increase If There’s A Second Wave Of COVID-19 appeared first on The Fresh Toast.
Image via
Over the course of the summer, 50 new CBD vending machines will be installed in major cities across the Czech Republic. These new CBDmats will offer a variety of products, including raw hemp flower, tinctures, oils, and hemp-based disinfectants. In order to comply with Czech law, each product will contain less than 0.3 percent THC, the maximum limit for legal CBD products, and sales will be restricted to adults age 18 and older.
“So far, only basic products are available,” explained CBDmat general manager René Sirý, according to Expats.CZ. “In addition to buds, there are CBD oils, drops and hemp disinfectants.” Eventually, the company hopes to offer a wider range of CBD products providing sedative, antioxidant, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory benefits.” Sirý added that the company does not plan to sell products with higher THC levels (at least as of now), as they “do not want to move to the edge of the law.”
The Czech Republic legalized medical cannabis in 2013, allowing doctors to prescribe medicinal pot to patients, who can purchase up to 180 grams of weed a month. In 2015, the country officially legalized CBD products containing THC levels of 0.3 percent or less. But, while this law allows CBD products to be sold anywhere in the country, the Czech Ministry of Health still technically prohibits the sale of products containing any amount of THC, even below the 0.3 percent limit.
CBDmats will sell three grams of hemp flower in opaque packaging for 750 CZK ($32.25 US), but Sirý cautions that these buds are not meant to be smoked. “Concerning consumption, we write that it is not possible to smoke the cannabis, but only use it for evaporation [in a vape] or as an ointment,” he told Expats.CZ. These products are labeled as “collector’s items” in order to skirt the conflicting laws regarding CBD sales.
The company is working to install its first machines in Prague, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pasohlávky in South Moravia over the next few weeks, with more machines to follow later this year. “In the future, vending machines with cannabis products could be used in fitness rooms, hotels or at airports,” Sirý said. Although the CBDmats are new to the Czech Republic, similar CBD vending machines have already become popular in nearby Poland and Austria.
Adult-use cannabis still remains illegal in the Czech Republic, but the government decriminalized possession of cannabis and other drugs in 2010. Anyone caught possessing up to 5 grams of hash or 15 grams of flower, or for growing five or fewer pot plants, will be fined up to 15,000 CZK (about $650 US) instead of being locked up in jail. Thanks to these relaxed laws, the Czech Republic now boasts one of the highest concentrations of cannabis users in Europe, equalled only by France.
Is It Possible To Become Addicted To Marijuana’s CBD?
People are consuming CBD left and right. If it’s so appealing so often, is it habit forming?
The post Is It Possible To Become Addicted To Marijuana’s CBD? appeared first on The Fresh Toast.
More than a year after Canada went legal, only 436 people have applied. Is the process too burdensome?
The post Canada’s cannabis pardon program is failing. Here’s why appeared first on Leafly.
As cannabis users, we know that CBD works wonders to alleviate aches and pains caused by inflammation. So, could those same anti-inflammatory properties of cannabidiol now help treat lung damage caused by COVID-19?
That’s the question disease experts from the University of Nebraska and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are encouraging scientists to explore, as coronavirus infections continue to devastate the world — but the United States, in particular.
The authors of a peer-reviewed article for the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity state there is currently no scientific evidence that exists showing that cannabis can effectively treat COVID-19. Therefore, researchers should begin studying the treatment potential of the plant immediately, the study’s authors write.
The article points out that “CBD has shown beneficial anti-inflammatory effects in pre-clinical models of various chronic inflammatory diseases.” The authors also note that CBD can increase the production of infection-fighting proteins released by humans and animals, and can also help quell anxiety in patients undergoing coronavirus treatment.
Talking to CBS News, Emily Earlenbaugh of the firm Mindful Cannabis Consulting
said COVID-19 is known to cause a phenomenon called “cykotine storm” in patients — a condition when the body produces too many cykotines, which are naturally occuring immune system mechanisms that create inflammation to fight off infection.
The effects of excess cykotines, however, can include fever spikes, nausea, extreme fatigue, and even death caused by organ failure. Earlenbaugh pointed out that previous research indicates that CBD is an IL-6 cykotine inhibitor, meaning that it might be effective in slowing down or reducing the activity (and, thus, severity) of cytokine storm.
“CBD has very few side effects,” Earlenbaugh said, “so it’s something that’s being looked at as a much more mild treatment that still has a lot of anti-inflammatory powers.”
Earlenbaugh explains that we are still pretty far away from studying the impact of cannabis on COVID in humans subjects. So, she cautions against rushing to cannabis as a treatment for coronavirus until scientists can come up with definitive findings.
“[A] reason for caution,” Earlenbaugh said, “is that cytokines are important in fighting off infections. So, we don’t want to reduce them as a preventative measure or in early stages of the infection.”
In fact, Earlenbaugh notes that some researchers have even warned against using cannabis early on in the infection stages, as it could cause negative side effects. So, while the anti-inflammatory properties of cannabis could be effective in treating COVID-19, more research needs to be done.
As cannabis users, we know that CBD works wonders to alleviate aches and pains caused by inflammation. So, could the same anti-inflammatory properties help treat lung damage caused by COVID-19?
That’s the question disease experts from the University of Nebraska and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are encouraging scientists to explore, as coronavirus infections continue to devastate the world — the United States, in particular.
The authors of a peer-reviewed article for the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity state there is currently no scientific evidence showing that cannabis can effectively treat COVID-19. Therefore, researchers should begin studying the treatment potential of the plant immediately, the study’s authors write.
The article points out that “CBD has shown beneficial anti-inflammatory effects in pre-clinical models of various chronic inflammatory diseases.” The authors also note that CBD can increase the production of infection-fighting proteins released by humans and animals, and can also help quell anxiety in patients undergoing coronavirus treatment.
Talking to CBS News, Emily Earlenbaugh of the firm Mindful Cannabis Consulting said COVID-19 is known to cause a phenomenon called “cykotine storm” in patients — a condition when the body produces too many cykotines, which are naturally occuring immune system mechanisms that create inflammation to fight off infection.
The effects of excess cykotines, however, can include fever spikes, nausea, extreme fatigue, and even death caused by organ failure. Earlenbaugh pointed out that previous research indicates that CBD is an IL-6 cykotine inhibitor, meaning that it might be effective in slowing down or reducing the activity (and, thus, severity) of cytokine storm.
“CBD has very few side effects,” Earlenbaugh said, “so it’s something that’s being looked at as a much more mild treatment that still has a lot of anti-inflammatory powers.”
Earlenbaugh explains that we are still pretty far away from studying the impact of cannabis on COVID-19 in humans subjects, however. So, she cautions against rushing to cannabis as a treatment for coronavirus until scientists can come up with definitive findings.
“[A] reason for caution,” Earlenbaugh said, “is that cytokines are important in fighting off infections. So, we don’t want to reduce them as a preventative measure or in early stages of the infection.”
She notes that some researchers have even warned against using cannabis early on in the infection stages, as it could cause negative side effects. So, while the anti-inflammatory properties of cannabis could, in theory, be effective in treating COVID-19, more research must be done.
A Doctor And Chronic Pain Survivor Talks About The Benefits Of Cannabis
With over a decade of experience, Dr. June Chin has focused on interactive osteopathic medicine for individuals with epilepsy, cancer, and autism.
The post A Doctor And Chronic Pain Survivor Talks About The Benefits Of Cannabis appeared first on The Fresh Toast.