A Study of Chicago Medical Cannabis Dispensaries and CBD Oil
One of the most interesting aspects of medical
cannabis and CBD oil is the wide range of medical applications they offer.
These applications fall broadly into three spheres of treatment; pain management,
treatment of complex motor disorders, and mental health care as commonly used
by customers in Chicago medical cannabis dispensaries.
Introduction of Medical Cannabis to
Illinois
Illinois is gradually introducing forms
of medical cannabis and CBD oil as a legal treatment option available on the market;
at present only for pain management and for the treatment of complex motor
disorders. CBD oil was introduced for medicinal purposes in 2016, and then in
June 2018 the government launched a review into the scheduling of cannabis and
cannabis-based products for medicinal purposes, in which professional doctors
assessed the therapeutic and medicinal benefits of cannabis-based products for
medicinal use in humans on prescription, and found that there is conclusive
evidence of therapeutic benefit for certain medical conditions, and reasonable
evidence in several other medical conditions. Additionally, CBD can be legally
bought in high street stores as a nutrition supplement.
Medical marijuana bought in Chicago
medical cannabis dispensaries is probably most commonly associated in the
popular imagination with managing pain related to arthritis and cancer and not
without reason. The connection between THC and CBD and cancer has been
clinically studied for over 50 years.
Medical Marijuana cannot currently be
used in the US for the treatment of Arthritis, as clinical trials to date have focused
primarily on animal models. Primary studies have focused on rats, such as this
study from 2000 and this follow up study from 2014, which found similar
results. With increased clinical trials, no doubt this area of treatment will
rapidly expand. Interestingly, CBD has also shown great promise in the
treatment of topical pain. CBD’s ability to provide effective pain relief
without the inhibition of wound healing make it a promising replacement for
opioids- which have a high rate of both addiction and accidental overdose.
Clinical Research and Support to
Cannabis Efficacy
Clinical research in this area has
greatly increased in the past few years. In just the past year alone, a
longitudinal study into the use of CBD for the treatment of refractory epilepsy
studied artisanal CBD as an adjunct therapy to epilepsy, and also made a study
on the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of medical cannabis in children with
complex motor disorder
This is the least developed realm of
treatment, however research to date shows that CBD and medical marijuana shows
promise in treating; dementia, cannabis dependence, tobacco and opioid dependence,
psychoses and schizophrenia, general social anxiety, posttraumatic stress
disorder, anorexia nervosa, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,
Parkinson’s disease and Tourette’s disorder.
Consumer interest has been particularly focused
on the use of CBD for anxiety. Multiple studies have found that CBD use
significantly reduces anxiety. Doctors found that medical marijuana bough in
Chicago medical cannabis dispensaries gave 79.2% reduction in anxiety after the
first month, and other studies found similar effectiveness.
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