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• CBD Survey Results: Cultivating Wellness
  Who is using CBD and why? Despite the huge public interest in CBD products, and an endless stream of media stoking that fire, there have been limited efforts to figure out exactly how and why people are using this darling compound of the cannabis world.
• The CBD Silly Season
  With current market predictions estimating CBD sales at over $20 billion in the U.S. alone, it’s no wonder other business sectors want to get in on the act. But it’s the addition of CBD to textiles and clothing that has got industry insiders scratching their heads. How did CBD suddenly get added into everything?
• Cannabis and Incontinence
  Because bladder control falls mostly to the central nervous system, it’s no surprise that cannabis may present novel and effective treatment options. We know that cannabinoid receptors are profusely expressed in both the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. And we also know that these receptors are activated by endogenous compounds as well as […]
• Can CBD Help Your Complexion?
  Is there anything substantive behind all the hype? Can CBD really protect, heal and restore the skin? What, if anything, does the science say about all this?
• How to Make a CBD Topical for Healthy Skin
  Given CBD’s potent antioxidant, anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties, it’s a perfect ingredient to add to a natural skin oil preparation. Learn how to make yours.
• CBD for Autism: The Therapeutic Promise
  From Wholistic Research & Education Foundation.
• Comments to the Food & Drug Administration on CBD and Cannabis
  Read Project CBD’s special report commenting on cannabis science to the FDA.
• Neuro-oncology, Functional Medicine, and Medical Cannabis in Brazil
  In this edition of Cannabis Conversations, Project CBD speaks with Dr. Paula Dall’Stella, a leading cannabis clinician in San Paolo, Brazil.
• CBD Science Update
  The 29th annual International Cannabinoid Research Society (ICRS) symposium, which convened last month in Bethesda, Maryland, featured new developments in CBD science that have far-reaching implications for many areas of medicine. Just over 500 participants from around the world attended the four-day conference, which included 65 oral presentations and nearly 200 posters covering a wide […]
• How Cannabis is Transforming Oklahoma
  In 1997, Will Foster, then 38, was sentenced to 93 years in an Oklahoma state prison for growing a small cannabis garden in a locked bomb shelter under his home in Tulsa.
• Cannabis for Contact Sports
  Rugby is a physically demanding sport that requires both mental focus and a high tolerance for pain. It’s a full-contact tackle sport with no pads and no helmets, and the game flows freely with few stoppages – meaning continuous sprinting and collisions throughout the full 80 minutes of the match.
• Petition: Remove the Cannabis Ban for Athletes
  Athletes for CARE is a nonprofit created by current and former professional athletes dedicated to using their influence for social change. They aim to protect the health and wellbeing of current and former athletes around the world.
• Now This: Martin Lee and the CBD Revolution
  This activist is the reason you know about CBD. Now he’s telling the history behind the cannabinoid.
• Is CBD Toxic to the Liver?
  The huge popularity of cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating component of cannabis, has helped to destigmatize the plant and restore its reputation as an important medicinal herb.
• Do Cannabis Suppositories Work?
  The back door is making a comeback - medically speaking. Cannabis oil suppositories have grown in popularity, but how and to what extent they actually work remains somewhat of a mystery.
• When CBD Isn't Enough to Treat Epilepsy
  At night you might find Chelsea Leyland, a 31-year-old British celebrity DJ, juggling beats at a flashy Miami party while rocking a Simone Rocha dress that complements her honey-hued hair and brown eyes. By day she shifts into activist mode, traveling the country, giving interviews, talking at conferences and filming a documentary — all on […]
• What Causes Seizures?
  A variety of different things may happen as a result of a seizure, depending upon the region of the brain that is affected. There may be sudden changes in sensory perception, such as visual disturbances or the smell of an unusual odor. There may be rapid and inexplicable emotional or cognitive changes. There are often […]
• CBD for Brain-Damaged Babies?
  Giving medical cannabis to infants is a difficult taboo to shift, but new research is paving the way. The launch of a clinical trial examining the use of CBD in newborns suffering from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (brain damage caused by lack of oxygen) means new hope for the million plus babies born each year with […]
• 5 CBD Secrets
  Cannabidiol and CBD oil seem to be everywhere these days, despite the confusing legal status of this prolific compound. But how much do we actually know about CBD?
• When Bob Dylan Turned the Beatles On To Marijuana
  On August 28th, 1964 Bob Dylan introduced the Beatles to cannabis for their first time. And the rest is more than just rock ‘n’ roll history.