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  By Emily Earlenbaugh

Forbes

July 15, 2020

There have been several different ways researchers have suggested CBD might help, including it ability to reduce ACE2 expression and pro-inflammatory cytokine production to fight lung inflammation, and it's potential as an anitviral.

Researchers on the study say that CBD could play an immunotherapeutic role in treating severe respiratory viral infections like COVID-19, based on the present findings.

Of course, this is an early study, and more research needs to be done.

  By MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF 

MAY 14, 2019 

How one molecule from the cannabis plant came to be seen as a therapeutic cure-all.

'CBD might be a badly needed new weapon with which to fight the opioid epidemic that claims more than 130 lives daily in the United States.'

April 12, 2019 

Mother's little helpers, Wine o'clock, Sleeping pills. Parents have long relied on a variety of chemicals to help them get through the day.

But modern-day expectations  — along with the pressures of balancing work and home — are breeding guilt and anxiety, leading some moms and dads to look for new ways to relax without the woolly-headed side effects of alcohol or medication.

Enter cannabidiol, or CBD, a chemical found in hemp and marijuana. 

Jessica Smith 

Longevity March 28th 2019

 CBD oil has seen a spike in interest in the recent past. As this hype continues to grow, you might have become curious about the benefits of the oil. 

Although the use of medical marijuana is still a politically and emotionally charged topic, research shows that there may be huge benefits of the CBD oil. Most people around the world are beginning to take note since there is evidence to back up the claims about the benefits. 

 Forbes

 Julie Wood 

Dec 19, 2018

 The 2018 Farm Bill that overwhelmingly passed in the U.S. Senate has now become law. For hemp growers and CBD-product manufacturers the big news is hemp will no longer be equated under drug laws with its psychotropic cousin, marijuana. Industry-watchers wonder what this step could mean for future cannabis legalization.

Under the new laws, hemp will be managed by Department of Agriculture as a crop rather than by the Justice Department as an illegal substance.

Ed Schmults, chief executive of the multi-state cannabis grower CalyxPeak said the new law could reduce the price of CBD in the market for consumers and producers. “Hemp offers a lower cost option for CBD -- hemp is easier to grow than cannabis,” he said.

  Michael Felberbaum

 June 26, 2018 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Epidiolex (cannabidiol) [CBD] oral solution 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. This is the first FDA-approved drug that contains a purified drug substance derived from marijuana. It is also the first FDA approval of a drug for the treatment of patients with Dravet syndrome.

CBD is a chemical component of the Cannabis sativa plant, more commonly known as marijuana. However, CBD does not cause intoxication or euphoria (the “high”) that comes from tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

It is THC (and not CBD) that is the primary psychoactive component of marijuana.