NFL players fight pain with medical marijuana
May 3, 2017 2:46:54 GMT -5
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Post by lakers on May 3, 2017 2:46:54 GMT -5
NFL players fight pain with medical marijuana: ‘Managing it with pills was slowly killing me’
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-players-fight-pain-with-medical-marijuana-managing-it-with-pills-was-slowly-killing-me/2017/05/02/676e4e62-2e80-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_2_na-amp&utm_term=.2acffa2d0ea1
CW Hemp specializes in cannabis that is rich in cannabidiol (CBD) that the ex-players were told acts acts much differently than marijuana as most people know it. The company’s roots are in helping cancer patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, and it began making headlines when children with epilepsy saw a dramatic drop in the number of seizures they experienced after taking CBD.
The plant used to be called “hippie’s disappointment,” Vijay Bachus, the company’s site director, told the former players, “because it wouldn’t get you high.”
“It had high levels of CBD but low levels of THC. Nobody would be smoking it for recreational purposes,” he said, likening the THC levels to the amount of alcohol found in an O’Doul’s.
THC — tetrahydrocannabinol — is the cannabinoid that produces the high that most associate with marijuana. CBD has some similar properties but not the psychoactivity and mood-altering effects.
The DEA warned NFL doctors about drug laws
While researchers have found that THC might have some benefits — particularly with pain, anxiety or nausea — the science behind CBD is not as robust. But recent studies have found evidence that it can be effective treating everything from epilepsy and cancer to heart disease, diabetes, anxiety and schizophrenia. It can also act as an anti-
inflammatory and a neuroprotectant, raising hopes it may be valuable in treating and preventing head injuries.
Research has found that CBD increases a molecule called anandamide, which reduces pain and increases the production of neurons in the hippocampus region of the brain, which can impact mood and anxiety. Compared with a placebo, the National Academies of Science, Medicine and Engineering found “strong evidence” that marijuana is effective at dealing with chronic pain. Twenty-nine states plus the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana; 22 of the NFL’s 32 teams play their home games in those jurisdictions.
“I think in due time, the NFL is going to realize that CBD is not a performance-enhancing drug,” Ekuban said. “If anything, it helps with anxiety, helps with concentration, it helps with pain.”
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/nfl-players-fight-pain-with-medical-marijuana-managing-it-with-pills-was-slowly-killing-me/2017/05/02/676e4e62-2e80-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_2_na-amp&utm_term=.2acffa2d0ea1
CW Hemp specializes in cannabis that is rich in cannabidiol (CBD) that the ex-players were told acts acts much differently than marijuana as most people know it. The company’s roots are in helping cancer patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, and it began making headlines when children with epilepsy saw a dramatic drop in the number of seizures they experienced after taking CBD.
The plant used to be called “hippie’s disappointment,” Vijay Bachus, the company’s site director, told the former players, “because it wouldn’t get you high.”
“It had high levels of CBD but low levels of THC. Nobody would be smoking it for recreational purposes,” he said, likening the THC levels to the amount of alcohol found in an O’Doul’s.
THC — tetrahydrocannabinol — is the cannabinoid that produces the high that most associate with marijuana. CBD has some similar properties but not the psychoactivity and mood-altering effects.
The DEA warned NFL doctors about drug laws
While researchers have found that THC might have some benefits — particularly with pain, anxiety or nausea — the science behind CBD is not as robust. But recent studies have found evidence that it can be effective treating everything from epilepsy and cancer to heart disease, diabetes, anxiety and schizophrenia. It can also act as an anti-
inflammatory and a neuroprotectant, raising hopes it may be valuable in treating and preventing head injuries.
Research has found that CBD increases a molecule called anandamide, which reduces pain and increases the production of neurons in the hippocampus region of the brain, which can impact mood and anxiety. Compared with a placebo, the National Academies of Science, Medicine and Engineering found “strong evidence” that marijuana is effective at dealing with chronic pain. Twenty-nine states plus the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana; 22 of the NFL’s 32 teams play their home games in those jurisdictions.
“I think in due time, the NFL is going to realize that CBD is not a performance-enhancing drug,” Ekuban said. “If anything, it helps with anxiety, helps with concentration, it helps with pain.”