As doctors, scientists, and lawmakers continue to see the ever-growing list of benefits that medical marijuana provides, the likelihood of legalization on the federal level increases. And that’s a very good thing because medical marijuana—the cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) in particular—can be used to treat a great many medical problems that were once thought to be well-nigh untreatable. From diabetes to nicotine addiction to fibromyalgia to anxiety and schizophrenia, CBD seems to be the wonder drug of the 21st century. Learn more about CBD strips here.

But it’s only been in recent years that CBD has become readily available for mass consumption.  Now growers are producing high-CBD strains that can be used in a variety of different ways: smoking, dabbing, edibles, pills, tinctures, concentrates, and recently, dissolvable strips. This article will focus on that last method of consumption—CBD strips.

Along the way, we’ll answer questions such as:

• What are CBD strips?
• Why should you use them?
• How do you use CBD strips?
• Is it possible to make your own batch of CBD strips?

We’ll even talk a bit about CBD strips versus other delivery methods, and the science that makes the dissolvable strip possible (microencapsulation). So where do we start? At the beginning. [Read more…]

The spreading legalization of marijuana is thanks in large part to the medical benefits it provides. Successful treatment of seizures, depression, and chronic pain (just to name a few) provided the first evidence that led lawmakers and the public at large to revise their long-held belief that marijuana, and CBD, was just all-together bad. Perhaphs more importantly, CBD benefits are becoming more commonly acknowledged.

Now the scientific and medical communities have begun to isolate the reason for marijuana’s medical efficacy:  cannabidiol. Cannabidiol, or CBD for short, is just one of many compounds called cannabinoids that make up marijuana’s chemical fingerprint. The cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is well-known for its psychoactive effects, but CBD is quickly becoming equally as well-known for its long list of medical benefits. But what exactly are CBD benefits? And how can CBD be used to to treat ailments that were heretofore untreatable? This article will explore 10 CBD benefits.

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1. CBD Doesn’t Produce A Psychoactive High

The fact that CBD, on its own, doesn’t produce a psychoactive high is good news for medical users. To experience the medical benefits that CBD has to offer, patients had to contend with THC-induced effects like “couch lock”, altered perceptions, and lethargy.

By isolating the CBD, or even just decreasing the THC, medical users can now get the CBD benefits without the psychoactive high that is most often associated with marijuana use. This is great news for medical users who need to take advantage of marijuana’s medical benefits during the day and don’t have time to stop to let the “high” wear off.

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Most everyone is familiar with the effects of THC effects—that’s the cannabis compound that makes you hear colors (among other things). Science calls that “psychoactive”. We just call it good fun. But what about CBD effects? Is CBD equally as psychoactive? This article will answer that question and discuss the effects that CBD has to offer. But first, it’s important to delve into the multi-syllabic world of chemistry and chemical compounds in order to get to know what makes marijuana work.

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What Is Cannabis Made Of?

Cannabis is made up of chemical compounds called cannabinoids. Perhaps the best-known cannabinoids are tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). But those aren’t the only two. Other lesser-known cannabinoids include cannabigerol (CBG), cannabichromene (CBC), and cannabicitran (CBT). The nomenclature gets even more convoluted when those broad categories are further subdivided into such compounds as cannabinerolic acid A, cannabichromevarinic acid A, and cannabinol methyl ether.

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More broadly, cannabinoids fall into three categories:

1. Phytocannabinoids (found in the cannabis plant)
2. Endocannabinoids (found naturally in the body)
3. Synthetic cannabinoids (manufactured artificially)

Scientists have isolated 113 different phytocannabinoids (the natural kind) from the cannabis plant. Bet you can’t name them all! All joking aside, to truly understand CBD effects, it’s essential that we know what cannabinoids do.

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