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Cannabis’ REM Sleep-Suppressing Properties Could Prove Useful in Banishing Nightmares

Veriheal

If so, you can consider yourself among the 50%-85% of adults who battle the occasional nightmare during REM sleep. The Sleep Foundation suggests that nightmares in children are most common between the ages of 3 and 6 but usually occur less often with age. The good news is that cannabis could be the tool for a good night’s sleep.

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Sleep Survey Suggests Cannabis Edibles Especially Helpful for Insomnia; 91% of Respondents Said Edibles Improved Sleep

MedicalJane

As a result, research on the health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids has been limited in the United States, leaving patients, healthcare professionals, and policy makers without the necessary proof they need to make sound decisions regarding the use of cannabis as a medicine.

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The Key Differences Between CBD and THC You Need to Know

United Patients Group

THC is the chemical aka cannabinoid in cannabis that gives off the psychoactive feeling. THC is known to interact with the cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptors in the brain, eliciting a feeling of euphoria and a sense of being high. However, the DEA and FDA still consider CBD a drug regulated under the Schedule I classification.

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5 Medical Cannabis Strains That Can be Used to Treat PTSD

FloridaMarijuana.net

The endocannabinoid system consists of cannabinoid receptors all over the body. PTSD patients lack the necessary endocannabinoids to fill the receptor sites properly. Medical marijuana and cannabinoids can be used to treat a patient’s physical and psychological health, alleviating the debilitating symptoms of PTSD.

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Understanding the 4 Major Differences Between CBD and THC

United Patients Group

This similarity allows them to bind to cannabinoid receptors, which helps regulate neurotransmitter production. Neurotransmitters are responsible for carrying messages between cells and play a role in pain, sleep, stress, and immunity processes. CBD and THC have a similar makeup to endocannabinoids produced in the body.

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CBD: Everything You Need to Know

CannaMD

In honor of National CBD Day, CannaMD wants to clear up some cannabinoid confusion once and for all. However, many of these products contain a number of other cannabinoids as well. To understand cannabinoids, we need to take a closer look at the endocannabinoid system.

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Approval of Epidiolex Validates What Many CBD Users Already Knew

MedicalJane

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved only three cannabinoid-based medicines. The new drug is indicated for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome, in patients two years of age and older. Prior to this week, the U.S.