cryptolab
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Hello denizens,
So there's abundant evidence that CBD has analgesic effects: from both animal studies
with rats and mice and also from medical cannabis users.
CBD binds to, and activates, our endogenous opioid receptors, and this fact both
explains and somehow 'justifies' the assertion of analgesic action of cannabis.
The opioid receptors activated by CBD, are also activated heroin, morphine and the
vast family of other opioids. So why isn't CBD addictive ?
If anyone has come across explanations for CBD's apparent non-addicting nature,
please post them here. I'm very interested in this question.
The implications and corollaries are huge. For example:
-- perhaps CBD can help opioid addicts transition from the poppy to the weed.
(how much suffering, crime, betrayal and personal degradation would that end?)
-- the mechanism underlying alcoholism, coincidentally, is the triggering of endogenous
opioid receptors (in response to the chemical assault of excessive alcohol). It's already
known that agents, such as naltrexone, that blind to, but do not trigger, the opioid
receptor, take the pleasure out of drinking, for an alcoholic. Perhaps it would be
better to offer alcoholics the choice of transitioning to CBD oil... since CBD has
neuroprotective, neurorestorative, anti-depressive and anti-anxiety effects, it has
a better side-effect profile than naltrexone.
-- CBD might become, in time, a replacement for aspirin and paracetamol.
given that aspirin causes stomach bleeding and paracetamol, taken to excess
will kill you via liver damage.... maybe using CBD to replace aspirin and
paracetamol is a great idea.
But i digress... Back to the main point of this thread:
Has any body come across explanations for CBD's non-addicting nature ?
thanks to anyone and everyone who replies
be happy
cryptolab
So there's abundant evidence that CBD has analgesic effects: from both animal studies
with rats and mice and also from medical cannabis users.
CBD binds to, and activates, our endogenous opioid receptors, and this fact both
explains and somehow 'justifies' the assertion of analgesic action of cannabis.
The opioid receptors activated by CBD, are also activated heroin, morphine and the
vast family of other opioids. So why isn't CBD addictive ?
If anyone has come across explanations for CBD's apparent non-addicting nature,
please post them here. I'm very interested in this question.
The implications and corollaries are huge. For example:
-- perhaps CBD can help opioid addicts transition from the poppy to the weed.
(how much suffering, crime, betrayal and personal degradation would that end?)
-- the mechanism underlying alcoholism, coincidentally, is the triggering of endogenous
opioid receptors (in response to the chemical assault of excessive alcohol). It's already
known that agents, such as naltrexone, that blind to, but do not trigger, the opioid
receptor, take the pleasure out of drinking, for an alcoholic. Perhaps it would be
better to offer alcoholics the choice of transitioning to CBD oil... since CBD has
neuroprotective, neurorestorative, anti-depressive and anti-anxiety effects, it has
a better side-effect profile than naltrexone.
-- CBD might become, in time, a replacement for aspirin and paracetamol.
given that aspirin causes stomach bleeding and paracetamol, taken to excess
will kill you via liver damage.... maybe using CBD to replace aspirin and
paracetamol is a great idea.
But i digress... Back to the main point of this thread:
Has any body come across explanations for CBD's non-addicting nature ?
thanks to anyone and everyone who replies
be happy
cryptolab
