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The opioid epidemic – Why CBD oil is a step in the right direction
A safer alternative – Cannabis
The growing number of use cases for cannabis in the medical field is incredible. With more than two new studies on cannabis being published every single day, it is the most research substance in the world right now. One key use for cannabis and cannabis-derived extracts is pain management. With the understanding of the relationship between the human endocannabinoid system and pain signals, we now understand how cannabis can help treat pain by helping to block pain-causing nerve signals.
CBD and Pain Relief
Dr Ron Goedeke, specialises in alternative and functional medicine. He is a foundation member of the New Zealand college of Appearance medicine and has been a member of the American Academy of Anti-aging medicine since 1999. With over 20 years of experience in the anti-aging field, Dr Ron Goedeke is recognized as one of New Zealand’s leaders in this new and growing field of medicine.
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Unlike THC, CBD will not make you high or cause any sort of lack of control, making it a far more desirable medicinal option for many people.
With our endocannabinoid system spreading through all the main organs of our body, it is easy to understand how CBD can have such a wide reach. In each organ, the cannabinoid system performs different tasks but the goal is always the same, and that is to maintain a stable internal environment, despite fluctuations in the external environment.
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CBD is one of the most popular cannabis-derived products on the market; many people use it for various health and well-being reasons.
Cannabinoids
Cannabis contains over 100 different compounds called cannabinoids where CBD and THC are a couple of the most abundant and well researched. The cannabis flower, present on the female cannabis plant is covered in resin glands where cannabinoids such as THC and CBD are extracted from. Cannabis resin is a dark to light brown substance which is scraped off the surface of the cannabis plant and pressed into a solid lump, sometimes referred to as hashish.