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NERVE DAMAGE & ASSOCIATON
Nerve pain and neuropathy (damaged nerve cells) have been identified in multiple diseases and illnesses. Clinically, neuropathy has been associated with HIV/AIDS, muscular dystrophy, kidney failure, hereditary motor & sensory neuropathy, compression fractures and breaks, alcohol abuse, diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease and aging.
Although nerves as well as nerve injuries can be characterized in many different ways, the biggest focus surrounding nerve injury and damage is the pain and weakness associated with the injury, along potential inhibition of motor function. Often time neuropathy can pose long-term, unforeseen outcomes due to complexity of nervous tissue and the nervous system itself.
WHAT DOES THE LITERATURE SAY ABOUT CBD?
A systematic review of the literature in 2006 by Iskedjian et al. compiled multiple studies, which examined neuropathic pain of 298 participants in response to cannabidiol (CBD) versus a placebo. Measurement of pain was subjective to an 11-point ordinal scale or a visual analogue scale amongst the studies examined. The study was able to conclude that in response to CBD administration, there was a statistically significant decrease in subjective pain score measures amongst the cannabis group in relationship to the placebo group. In addition biochemical analysis in animal models have expressed reductions in oxidative stress by CBD administration. Data would suggest that CBD attenuates destructive effects on neurons by decreasing oxidative stress and ultimately providing protection to the myelination of neurons (protective lining of the cells) Sajjadian et al., 2017.
Although further research in the area of the central and peripheral nervous system in response to cannabis is needed to be conclusive, investigators are now on the breaking point of the abolishment of federal legislation over hemp products. This will open up a whole new avenue of clinical and academic research that can take place in human models within the institutions that are paving the way for medical and pharmaceutical research.
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THE 2018 FARM BILL ACT LEGALIZED HEMP
Today, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill Act, which legalized hemp along with the variety of cannabis constituents that do not produce the psychoactive effects of marijuana, opening a whole new avenue of legitimacy for farmers and producers that have been operating under the thumbs of the federal government. Industrial hemp has exploded onto the market place because of the potential multibillion-dollar market for cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive constituent that has been proven to have therapeutic application, while not producing adverse events and is considered safe.
The amendment of the 2018 Farm Bill Act removed hemp and all by-products from the DEA’s list of controlled substances and separated the term “hemp” from “marijuana” ending the stigma and long-standing debate over the proper regulation and guidelines surrounding the cash crop nation-wide and is considered the first form of distinction between hemp and marijuana.
All products made from hemp, including CBD oils, balms and tinctures have been explicitly legalized, as long as they contain less than .3 percent THC (Psychoactive constituent of cannabis). Agriculture departments and Native American tribes are now free to regulate, process and sell hemp just as they do with any other consumable crop such as, corn, wheat and other fruits and vegetables.
THERE IS STILL A DOWN SIDE
The 2018 Farm Bill Act now enables farmers to purchase crop insurance and utilize federal regulated banking systems, erasing some of the risk farmers take by expanding in this current market. This now allows farmers to rest easy knowing their crops can moved across states line, allowing options for exports and sales expansion. However, It should be noted that while the 2018 Farm Bill Act provides much-needed regulatory certainty in the industry, it does not legalize all hemp, or all CBD.
The law states that hemp must be cultivated under specific licenses. Entrepreneurs, distributors, and consumers must take into consideration the source of product they purchase and ingest, along with supplier compliance with all regulations surrounding cultivation. As with any product, there are skeptical individuals and companies operating within the industry. In the absence of the strict FDA regulations, research has explained that almost 70% of online products may be mislabeled and therefore warning consumers to do their research before purchasing (Miller et al., 2017).
Second, significant regulatory issues remain; the 2018 Farm Bill Act makes clear that hemp remains subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act, among other federal statutes. Also, it may take additional time to submit regulatory plans to the USDA before farmers can legally cultivate the crop. I will be touching back on this topic as these regulatory plans come to fruition, along with the distinctions between naturally occurring CBD products and CBD enriched products… And yes, there is a big difference. More to come!
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Bonn-Miller MO, Loflin MJE, Thomas BF, Marcu JP, Hyke T, Vandrey R. Labeling Accuracy of Cannabidiol Extracts Sold Online. Jama. 2017;318(17):1708-1709.
WAUSAU, STEVENS POINT, Wis (WSAW) — CBD and Hemp dispensaries are starting to pop up across the state of Wisconsin. Store owners say their items are nothing more than alternative health products but doctors are skeptical of the potential side effects.
“I’ve received nothing but positive feedback,” stated Mitchell Craven, Co-Owner of Alleviate Wellness in Stevens Point which sells dozens of CBD and Hemp products.
Back in 2017, former Governor Scott Walker signed a bill allowing farmers to start growing Industrial Hemp; out of the law change, stemmed a new crop of products like CBD oil. Since both Industrial Hemp and Marijuana come from the same cannabis plant, many people have a hard time telling the two apart.
“It looks like weed, and smells like weed, but you can’t get high from it,” explained Craven.
Industrial Hemp is specifically engineered to contain a low level of THC, the chemical found in Marijuana which produces a high sensation. The amount of THC in Hemp is so low, users say it’s impossible to get high from smoking, eating or using CBD or Hemp products.
So what are CBD oils and Hemp products good for?
“CBD has shown great results when helping people with anxiety, inflammation, pain and digestive orders,” included Craven. “We carry an array of products like bath bombs, bath salts, coffee, vape juices and organic soaps as well as many others.”
But Dr. Larry Gordon with Aspirus Health Clinic says there has not been an official scientific study proves these products are helpful or harmful.
“Because CBD oil and Hemp is not regulated by the FDA, we don’t know if the product is being made in a controlled environment,” explained Dr. Gordon. “If you take a capsule of CBD, you don’t know how much THC is in it and if it’s consistent from pill to pill.”
Store owners say they have done extensive research and trust their suppliers.
“All the brands that we decided to go with, we studied for months before opening our store. We have labels with the dosages on our products and we even give a dose card to each of our customers,” clarified Craven.
In the meantime, Doctors are leaving it up to their induvial patients to decide whether or not they want to use these products.
“I am not going to tell you that you can’t do it, I am not going to tell you that you should do it. That’s up to you to decide and if you think it may possibly help you,” added Dr. Gordon.
Alleviate Wellness says currently there isn’t a law that prohibits the sale of CBD oils to young adults or children, but since CBD and Hemp are so new, the staff chooses not to sale to anyone under the age of 18-years-old.
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Primary schools are being forced to ration vegetables and TSA employees are too “sick” to work airport security without pay– the federal government shutdown is undeniably wreaking havoc on the United States. And the cannabis world is far from immune, either: waterless hemp farmers and non-violent drug offenders stuck in prison are anxiously waiting for Trump’s wall gambit just like the rest of us. But these are yet another group of people suffering the consequences of an incompetent leader.
Trump shut down the government on Dec. 22, 2018. Since then, a number of unproductive talks have occurred between the president and representatives from both major political parties; each jockeying to maintain the support of constituents throughout the unprecedented shuttering of federal services.
On Saturday, Trump offered to extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act by three years in exchange for Democrat support in building his $5 billion wall along the US-Mexico border. This attempt by Trump supporters to solicit money from citizens to build the wall fell short—by approximately $4.8 billion.
As politicians politick, the shutdown threatens the livelihoods of thousands. One group affected is the country’s newly legal hemp farmers, who were primed to irrigate their first crop since the US Farm Bill lifted growing restrictions, with federal water.
For some, that availability could make or break their commercial viability. Montana senator Jon Tester and Colorado’s Senator Michael Bennet have raised an alarm about the potential blockage the shutdown can– and will– create if the federal government doesn’t get it together.
In a letter to Brenda Burman, the Bureau of Reclamation commissioner, Tester and Bennet wrote: “For those folks that have access to BOR water we did not want the Bureau of Reclamation to say, ‘Well you can raise hemp but you just can’t use BOR water to irrigate it with.’ That’s not what we wanted. We wanted to have it open so that they can raise the hemp and increase their bottom line.”
Tester commented that farmers currently mapping out their spring crops need assurance now whether or not they will be able to count on access to federal water.
Even more serious is the plight of the non-violent drug offenders whose sentences were meant to be reduced by the First Step Act, a rare piece of bi-partisan legislation that’s somehow snuck through during the Trump regime. It promises to reduce the US’ sky-high prison population. The country is currently incarcerating 2.2 million people, giving it the world’s highest rate of imprisonment.
The First Step Act will increase resources for job training and other programs meant to facilitate reintegration into society for those who have been federally incarcerated. It also thrilled the families of people currently in prison, as it allows for early release programs and the retroactive extension of a 2010 law reducing sentences for crack cocaine. The latter stipulation alone makes approximately 2,660 inmates eligible for release. And some have already made it to freedom.
Less lucky are the inmates whose release depends on other adjustments to existing law. The US Justice Department was tasked to create a committee to navigate the remaining changes by Jan. 21; in particular, by creating a risk assessment tool it’ll use to determine who’s ready to leave prison. Alas, nothing is being done on this front because that committee isn’t working through the government shutdown.
Nonprofit news organization The Marshall Project estimates that upwards of 4,000 prisoners are newly eligible for release under the First Step Act. But without the committee to enact new regulations, many of them must continue to wait in prison.
“The timeline in the bill was already ambitious,” Molly Gill, vice president of policy at Families Against Mandatory Minimums, told the New York Times. “The shutdown isn’t helping.” The paper’s attempts to contact Justice Department representatives for an updated First Step Act timeline were rebuffed.
An important change the bill implements is the way in which early release is calculated for good behavior. Under the First Step Act, well-behaved inmates will get an automatic 54-days knocked off their sentence each year, in contrast to the previous 47-days-per-year.
Those serving time can do the math— and are not impressed the shutdown has extended their time behind bars. “The law passed but they are not making any moves,” Amadi Busiris, who’s at the end of a 30-year stint for conspiracy to distribute drugs, told the New York Times. “We are just stuck.”
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Amsterdam Co. CoffeeBar, a new coffee shop that will serve drinks infused with super-trendy, cannabis-derived compound CBD, will open its doors in EaDo this summer.
The new coffee shop is a project from Houston-born concert promoter Michael Migl and co-founder Drew Bailey, both of whom are currently negotiating a lease on a space in the rapidly-growing EaDo neighborhood. According to Bailey, the shop is intended to evoke the casual vibe of the famous coffeeshops of Amsterdam, known for being spaces where people can sip lattes and smoke weed at the same time.
In Houston, though, the cannabis products on offer at Amsterdam Co. won’t contain much (if any) THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana that is restricted by federal law. Instead, these products will focus on cannabidiol, or CBD, which is purported by its enthusiasts to treat everything from anxiety and epilepsy to cancer. Amsterdam Co. will be Houston’s first CBD-focused shop, but it’s part of a growing trend — over the past year, restaurants across the country have been infusing the oil into everything from ice cream to baked goods and of course, coffee.
“CBD is legal in Texas, it’s around everywhere,” Migl says. “There’s already a CBD cafe in San Antonio. We’re trying to be the first one in Houston. I’m from Houston, and we want it to be a Houston thing.”
Migl and Bailey plan to offer CBD oil as an additive to drinks like Dutch press coffee made with butter and cinnamon-infused milk, smoothies, lattes, and teas. The shop won’t serve food, but the duo are currently looking for purveyors of baked goods to retail in the shop, or food trucks to park outside. Eventually, once the coffee shop is up and running, the plan is to add beer and wine to the menu at Amsterdam Co.
In Texas, state cannabis laws are murky, which means that some question whether or not it’s actually legal to sell the cannabis derivative in the state.
Despite that uncertainty, as the Austin American Statesman reported last October, state law enforcement officials have not made it a priority to pursue shops selling CBD products.
Considering all this legal haziness, Migl and Bailey have retained a Denver-based attorney who specializes in cannabis-focused businesses to help them navigate any potential legal concerns.
“We’re prepared for any potential consequences,” Migl tells Eater. “As long as we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing, and toeing the line, I don’t see [the city] coming after us. We’ve done our research and we’re pretty confident that we’re going to be going by the book.”
Amsterdam Co. CoffeeBar is expected to open sometime this summer. Stay tuned for more details on its arrival.
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ANCHORAGE (KTUU) — Rocky, a 10-year-old Husky walked into AK Bark pulling his owner Laura Kanyer behind him. He tugged on his leash and scarfed down a dental bone within his reach.
“Tell me about the CBD oil and how to give it to him?” Kanyer asked Maddy Klever, the manger at AK Bark.
“We’ve got both the treats and the concentrated oil itself,” Klever said. “The treats are kind of a lower price point so a lot of people sort of start off there. It’s a little bit more hit or miss with the dosing is the only thing, I do tend to recommend the oil.”
The store, packed full of fuzzy dog jackets and dried duck feet treats, is also one of the biggest sellers of CBD products for pets.
Klever says that about 90 percent of the business is CBD product sales.
“About 50 percent of it is older dogs with arthritis. That’s why I give it to my 16-year-old,” Klever said, referring to her own dog. “The other half is anxiety, be it separation, fireworks, kind of circumstantial or chronic…to help them calm down and focus.”
Behind her is a stack of blueberry and pumpkin flavored dog treats. To her left are rows and rows of CBD oil.
CBD is one of the chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant. But, CBD is non-intoxicating and won’t get you high.
According to the American Veterinarian, CBD products for cats and dogs are expected to be one of the biggest trends in pet care for 2019.
The Associated Press reported the American Veterinary Medical Association asked the Drug Enforcement Administration to declassify marijuana so more research can happen about the impacts of CBD.
Dr. Stephanie McGrath, a neurologist at Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, has been studying the effects of CBD in dogs with epilepsy.
Her research shows that 89 percent of dogs who received CBD in a clinical trial had a reduction in the frequency of seizures.
“Overall, what we found seems very promising,” McGrath said of her research.
“This pilot study is important and it does seem like there is a positive effect from the use of CBD for dogs with epilepsy,” McGrath said.
Dr. Kathy Doty from Anchorage who runs Happy-At-Home Mobile Veterinary Care, says many of her clients ask for CBD products when their pet has pain. She says it is a viable option, but she cautions people about what they’re buying.
“The biggest problem that I see with CBD oil is that there’s no quality assurance,” Dr. Doty said. “So there’s no guidance for the purity or the safety or the lack of contaminants in the products.”
Most pet owners buy it when their pets have anxiety because of noises from fireworks or separation anxiety. It’s also popular for people whose pets have pain or are suffering from cancer.
It’s such a growing trend that even a CBD oil with Iditarod musher Lance Mackey’s face on the packaging can be found at Great Northern Cannabis.
“I think it’s growing just as fast as the human market,” said Shawn McDonough, owner of Frontier CBD, while he was making a CBD pet delivery to retail marijuana shop Cannabaska. “It’s definitely on the rise. I would expect to see a lot more innovation in the pet world in the next couple of months.”
Jake Warden, the general manager at Cannabaska, says about 25 percent of his business is from sales of CBD products for pets.
“There’s no psychoactive effects, they’re not going to get high,” Warden said. “You just get this kind of relaxing calming feeling.”
Klever handed Rocky a blueberry flavored CBD treat. It was infused with a dose small enough for a 20 pound dog. Klever said Rocky most likely won’t feel any effects from the treat since it was such a small amount.
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