New Study Finds Cannabinoids May Offer A Safer Pain Relief Option Without Addiction Risks
January 31st 2025Yale researchers investigated in a recent study how cannabinoids can be used as an alternative chronic pain treatment without addiction risks and found that they can help lower pain signals in Nav1.8.
Best of the Week: January 24 - January 30, 2025
January 31st 2025Here, we bring you our top four recent news articles, covering the cannabis and hemp beverage industry trends, cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, and research studies on brain function after cannabis use and on cannabis for inflammatory bowel disease.
Is Cannabis a Solution to the Opioid Crisis?
January 23rd 2025In this research overview, Ruth Fisher, PhD, explores how cannabis has shown promise in helping individuals reduce opioid use, potentially decreasing overdose deaths. Though its impact on chronic pain and opioid reduction remains evident, limitations exist and flaws in methodologies in ecological studies complicate conclusions.