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A recent small study found that cannabidiol could reduce symptoms of social anxiety in people with social anxiety disorder (SAD). Brain scans of participants revealed changes in blood flow to the regions of the brain linked to feelings of anxiety.

In this study, cannabidiol not only made participants feel better but also changed the way their brains responded to anxiety.

A 2011 study also found that cannabidiol could reduce social anxiety. For that study, researchers looked specifically at cannabidiol to treat anxiety associated with public speaking.

Research published in 2014 found that CBD oil had anti-anxiety and antidepressant effects in an animal model.

A 2015 analysis of previous studies concluded that CBD oil is a promising treatment for numerous forms of anxiety, including social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The report cautioned, however, that data on long-term use of CBD oil is limited. While research strongly points to the role of cannabidiol in treating short-term anxiety, little is known about its long-term effects, or how it can be used as a prolonged treatment.

A 2016 case study explored whether cannabidiol could reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety-provoked sleep disorder in a child with a history of trauma. Researchers found that cannabidiol reduced the child’s anxiety and helped her sleep

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Carrot Cake

Nothing says ‘Easter’ like a well-made carrot cake. As a matter of fact, this may well be reminiscent of your childhood romps in your garden finding Easter eggs or even your excitement over meeting the Easter bunny. Now that you are well into adulthood, you will find that this carrot cake recipe will bring about a sense of nostalgia you have not encountered before.

For this dessert, you will need grated carrots, eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar. The easy-to-follow recipe from Thanksgiving & Co. will have you making this not only for this occasion but all year round. This specific formula calls for 280 milligrams of your chosen CBD oil, however, you can tailor this depending on your needs.

Whip these recipes up in time for Easter and these CBD Oil-infused dishes will certainly put you in everyone’s good graces.

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For decades scientists thought that CBD attached to receptors in the brain.

Now scientists point to research showing that CB1 receptors in the brain dealing with coordination, pain, emotions, appetite and more are “encouraged” by CBD to create more of the body’s own cannabinoids

The following study published in Pubmed.gov looks at 30 years of investigation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22716160

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Online posts have claimed to reveal various “cures” for the new coronavirus. Some are benign, like eating boiled garlic, while others are potentially dangerous, like drinking chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleach. Neither will cure the virus.

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Treatments billed as miracle cures have cropped up across the internet since the new coronavirus, known as 2019 novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV, began spreading in Wuhan, China, at the end of December.

One rumor claims that boiled garlic can cure the virus. Another says that loading up on vitamin C will do the trick. Yet another would have people, essentially, drink bleach.

None of these “cures” will treat the virus.

We’re addressing each of these widely circulated claims in separate articles, starting with the most dangerous one — the claim that drinking chlorine dioxide will cure the virus.

Chlorine dioxide kits are sold online under various names — Miracle Mineral Solution, Miracle Mineral Supplement, Master Mineral Solution — but they are most often referred to as MMS.

But MMS hucksters sell the chemical solution as a cure-all for cancer, AIDS, autism and, now, the novel coronavirus.

These kits typically include a bottle of sodium chlorite and a bottle of an “activator” such as citric acid. When the two chemicals are mixed together, they make chlorine dioxide, a common industrial bleach used in the production of paper products, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

None of that is true. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and similar agencies in the U.K., Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia, have warned against the use of MMS.

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Hemp and CBD would get new attention by federal agencies under a 2021 budget plan.

The budget proposal asks for an additional $5 million next fiscal year for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate cannabis and its derivatives, including CBD.

The bugdet also asked for more money to oversee hemp farmers.

The budget requests come shortly after legislation was introduced in the U.S. Congress to require federal food and agriculture regulators to treat hemp-derived CBD as a dietary supplement.

That proposal came in response to the increasing popularity of the product and the FDA’s year-long delay in developing regulations.

The FDA last May started reviewing federal regulations for hemp-derived CBD after the 2018 Farm Bill federally legalized hemp and its derivatives. The review has yet to go public.

The $5 million boost in the proposed budget would help advance the FDA’s regulations for products containing CBD while allowing the agency to enforce the law against making unsubstantiated medical claims about their products, the FDA said in a statement.

“FDA is seeing a significant increase in activity relating to the marketing of unlawful cannabis-derived products, especially those containing cannabidiol, since the Farm Bill passed,” the agency noted.

The $5 million would be divided across different FDA departments, including:

  • The Office of Regulatory Affairs ($2 million).
  • The Center for Veterinary Medicine ($500,000).
  • The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition ($2 million).
  • FDA headquarters ($500,000).

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With the boom in CBD I am sure you have asked yourself, is this safe to put in your body?

Not only is CBD becoming more popular in medicine, it is also showing up on menu items in bars and restaurants. It is even sold in pet products. In the US, CBD is legal in all 50 states with different degrees of restriction, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. Forbes predicts that the CBD industry is worth billions. More and more people are using it to treat a wide array of health conditions. But is CBD a safe and effective medical treatment?

It has been know to treat many conditions such as…

  • Chronic Pain
  • Epilepsy
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Huntington’s disease
  • sleep disorders
  • glaucoma

So as you see it has been used to treat some serious conditions that before CBD didn’t have any real way to offer the patient relief. Now just because it does offer help for most doesn’t mean that it can’t be harmful to others but up until now there have been no known cases of any serious harmful effects.

Despite a lack of research, it is clear that many individuals are seeking treatment for a variety of conditions with CBD, as this industry continues to boom we will see much more evidence and breakthroughs on this wonderful herb.

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Hemp legalization has transformed the US economy and presented a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs. The transportation of hemp across state lines has been an issue for many depending on the hemp laws in various states. Certain issues have occurred even after federal legislation passed in January 2019 that guaranteed interstate hemp transportation.

After a Colorado hemp company is currently seeking the return of 7,000 pounds of hemp biomass after it was seized during transport in Idaho. The county in Idaho which confiscated the hemp argues that interstate hemp transportation isn’t guaranteed until the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) implements the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill which allows for the legal cultivation of hemp on the federal level.

The Farm Bill promised protection for hemp transportation but does not include a specific way for states to test the THC content. Hemp plants that are legal inone state might be seized in another for illegal marijuana.


Last month, a Minnesota hemp industry group advised local manufacturers not to order hemp biomass from other states. after a deliveryman was arrested in South Dakota for transporting plants from Colorado to Minnesota for extraction.

Hemp industry professionals and advocates are hoping for a quick solution from the USDA in order to continue growing their businesses.

In April 2019, the Idaho Senate attempted to pass a hemp legalization bill in order to assist local farmers. The bill died later that month after the Senate. While growing hemp remained illegal, the state now allows for transport-several months after the initial seizure of the Colorado hemp.

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The public opinion towards hemp and marijuana is currently undergoing a tremendous shift in America, reversing nearly a century of thinking towards a plant that has been utilized by humans for medicinal and industrial purposes dating back to an estimated 5000 BC. This movement presents an enormous range of issues, from challenging societal norms to legal ramifications, all of which have been pushed to the forefront of debate. Federal law has already been implemented that legalizes hemp and has enjoyed widespread support in both political parties, while on a state-wide basis marijuana is becoming an increasingly hot-button topic as a number of states have legalized it, others have proposed but not passed legislation, and still others feel it should remain illegal. This has made the federal legalization of hemp an increasingly complex issue, as hemp is nearly indistinguishable from marijuana in its raw form, and as a result intra-state commerce among states with differing laws on the matter has created a grey area that is impacting law enforcement and producers alike.

In simple terms, imagine a cultivator of hemp in Kentucky is shipping their product for processing in Colorado, but must travel through a state where marijuana is illegal – such as Oklahoma. If police pull them over, how can they differentiate between hemp and marijuana, which can appear to be one in the same? The answer is that they cannot without testing equipment to determine its legal status. Currently the legal defining threshold is .3%. Over .3% is defined as marijuana. Under .3% is considered hemp. In the past all that was necessary was a simple chemical test that would qualify if any THC was present. Now, with new rules and definitions compliance and enforcement must “quantify” (determine the amount of THC) in a product. So, a scenario would be police would seize a shipment of indistinguishable  product, which is perishable. They would also arrest those in possession of it, despite their potential innocence in the matter. And if it’s determined to be a legal crop the police would then be liable for any damage done to the crop during seizure and storage – which could cost local municipalities untold monetary damages, beyond any legal action those arrested may take. This is not a hypothetical question, it is the exact scenario that Oklahoma legal authorities have found themselves in as they seized an 18,000-pound shipment of hemp in January, 2019 worth an estimated $500,000.

One may ask how this could be avoided?

Lab testing / certification would seem to be a simple answer, but when presented with 18,000 pounds of what seems to be marijuana police may not be inclined to trust a certificate originating state lab that illustrates the plant matter in question is in fact adhering to the federally mandated legal limit of .3% THC. Of course, law enforcement could then send a sample for testing themselves to confirm the legality of the product in question – but that can take weeks, in which time the product they’ve seized could degrade, mold and otherwise become worthless, leaving them liable. There is, however, a solution to this conundrum –lab accurate equipment that can be mobilized or at least be accessible for fast accurate quantification of THC levels.

Any mobile test must be reliable, as false positives would quickly trigger their own set of issues. Enter HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography), considered to be the standard for lab testing technology for cannabinoid potency. While this requires a complex set of chemicals that can require a PHD in chemistry to properly prepare, there are pre-prepared solutions that can be easily, quickly, and efficiently employed in the field with minimal training in less than 30 minutes. Such a solution solves the problem of reliability of prior certification as well as the delay of lab testing. While it does create an added monetary burden on law enforcement, it also provides them with the wherewithal to enforce both local and federal legislation. The investment is one worth making to avoid the potential pitfall that Oklahoma law enforcement finds themselves in.

This testing solution provides not only the ability to regulate intrastate hemp commerce, but also enforce local laws about CBD – another increasingly murky legal subject. CBD is also subject to federal law of .3% THC or less, though local legislation differs from state to state. Many products state their THC content as being within federal guidelines, but have nonetheless been subject to seizure by law enforcement concerned about their potency and availability to the public. A mobile testing solution provides agents of the law the ability to test any suspicious product with ease.

This type of testing is not only an aid to law enforcement, but also to those farmers growing hemp and extractors producing hemp-derived products such as CBD.  Cultivators can easily document the level of THC in their product during the entire growing cycle, ensuring that no crop surpasses the federal legal level of .3% THC. Not only does this provide them with assurance throughout the growing cycle that their crop will be salable, but it also gives them further insurance and proof should their crop ever be seized by law enforcement.

While hemp and CBD are quickly proving their value commercially and medicinally there is a growing need for clarity and accuracy regarding their chemical content – both for peace of mind for consumers, and enforcement from a legal perspective. As the industry continues to explode, it is imperative that the testing options grow alongside it to ensure transparency. While not as readily available as static testing labs, there are mobile solutions that can match their lab counterparts – and they are becoming increasingly necessary for everyone involved in this fast-growing industry.

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Thanks to the passing of the Farm Bill in late 2018—containing a provision legalizing hemp, a species of non-psychoactive cannabis that CBD can be extracted from—hemp and CBD are on major retailers’ radar. 

The CBD market is moving towards mainstream retailers and is projected to be over $20 billion in sales by 2024. Walgreens, Sprout, CVS, Ulta Beauty, GNC Holdings, Urban Outfitters are just a handful of retailers offering or looking to offer, CBD products to consumers.

Retailers jumping in

Several retailers for natural supplements are expected to have CBD on their shelves. Dillards Department Store, a chain with a total of approximately 292 stores in 29 states, is beginning to roll out several Hemp Depot while-labeled CBD products. Kroger announced in July another 1,000 locations in 22 states where their grocery stores will begin to carry CBD products. 

In July, adding to the momentum, Toronto-headquartered Abacus Health Products announced new retail purchase orders from CVS for its line of CBDMEDIC pain relief and skincare products, sold to consumers via retail chains and the company’s e-commerce platform. 

Also in July, Green Growth Brands announced a deal with American Eagle to begin selling its CBD-infused body-care products — including muscle balms and lotions — in nearly 500 of American Eagle’s stores and online, with sales expected to begin in October. This follows apparel retailer Abercrombie, which also plans to sell GGB’s products in more than 160 stores across the U.S.

Risks remain

The FDA is in the midst of creating guidelines for CBD manufacturers and will likely eliminate some manufacturers currently participating in the CBD boom and open the door to some large scale, mainstream manufacturers. The details of the FDA regulations will inform the specifics of how large the OTC piece of the CBD pie becomes. 

“We’ve seen major chain retailers like CVS, Walgreens, and Whole Foods start to include CBD in their product mixes. The larger the entity, the more likely they are to stick with topical products until the FDA provides clarity,” said Kate Heckman from Stratos CBD.

When it comes to CBD oils, presently only 10% of demand is being filled by present growers. The industry has increased by 200% from 2017 to 2018, with about $618 million in sales last year with projected $22 billion by 2022.

Source: Forbes