CBD Oil Could Reduce Addicts Cravings Study Reveals – E-counseling

CBD oil could be able to reduce addict cravings and anxiety for Heroin, this discovery adds to the list of uses for the Cannabidiol (CBD) drug. On Tuesday, Researchers at the Mount Sinai
Hospital in New York announced that the results of a specific study found an
incredible, and unexpected, new use of CBD, which is a reduction of cue-induced
cravings and anxiety in individuals with a history of heroin abuse, suggesting
a potential role for it in helping to break heroin drug addiction. “In other to address the critical need for
fresh treatment options for a large number of people and families who are being
devastated by this epidemic, We launched a study to assess the potential of a
nonintoxicating cannabinoid on craving and anxiety in heroin-addicted
persons,” said lead study author Yasmin Hurd, director of the Addiction
Institute at Mount Sinai in a statement. “The exact effects of CBD on cue-induced
drug craving and anxiety are important in the growth of addiction therapeutics
because environmental cues are one of the strongest triggers for relapse and
continued drug use.” Previously, Hurd and her team had undergone
research at Mount Sinai; they worked on the effects of CBD in animals on the
Heroin. They found that CBD reduced the animals’ tendency to use Heroin in
response to a drug-associated cue, so they decided to study the drug’s effects
on humans. Hurd and her team of researchers looked at 42
drug-abstinent men and women — ages 21 to 65 — with heroin use disorder. CBD Oil Could Reduce Addicts Cravings Study Reveals – E-counseling

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