Many folks have reported that cannabinoids (a mixture of CBD and THC) are an effective treatment for essential tremor. There are two main movement-disorder disease types: Parkinson’s (and its cousins), which are group of central nervous system degenerative diseases; and essential tremor, which is mediated by peripheral neurons in the spinal cord.  Now, a new article in the prestigious Nature Neuroscience journal sheds some light on how cannabinoids can help… Read More »Cannabinoids and Tremor

Many of our customers (including me) use CBD for relief from chronic pain. Unfortunately, there is little in the way of clinic data on this use, and the FDA prevents us from promoting CBD for pain. None the less, the anecdotal evidence is quite compelling. We need a high-quality, controlled clinic trial to assess the effects of CBD. In the meantime, let’s compare CBD to approved treatments for chronic pain.… Read More »CBD and Chronic Pain

If we go back a decade, cannabis, hemp and CBD were considered “controlled substances” with no known medicinal value. How far we have come. Now CBD is FDA approved to treat epilepsy, other important effects of CBD have been discovered, and cannabis is legal in so many states I’ve lost count. It all started with Charlotte’s Web. This strain of cannabis is high in CBD. It produced remarkable effects in… Read More »CBD and Epilepsy – What to Know

A brand-new study from the University of Colorado continues the positive data coming out on the ability for CBD to help cure addiction. This study was done on the use of CBD-Dominant Cannabis Associated with Reduced Alcohol Intake. The study, published in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors ( https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000706) – THC and CBD effects on alcohol use among alcohol and cannabis co-users., shows decreased use of alcohol and THC after use of CBD… Read More »CBD and Alcohol – New Study, Promising Data

There are many different CBD products available from all over the country. Very few CBD products are USDA certified organic. Making organic creations with CBD is not the easiest solution for producers. Customers need to focus on why organic CBD products are essential to seek. Can CBD products be organic? Yes! With the passage of the 2018 farm bill, hemp and CBD products became legal by the federal government. The… Read More »CBD Organic Creations – Why Organic Matters

The cannabis plant produces a plethora of interesting and useful compounds, from CBD and THC to the various terpenes. Why does it do this? What is in it for the plant? These are excellent questions, any while there are many theories, most are speculative. Let’s do some speculating ourselves, and try to come up with some plausible answers. The cannabis plant has flourished during most of human history. Records of… Read More »Why does the cannabis plant make cannabinoids?

Many people use CBD to control pain, and the anecdotal evidence supports such use. Now, a new article in Journal Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology (https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pha0000465) finally gives us real data on CBD and pain. From the authors introduction: Despite its frequent use for pain relief, no experimental pain research has tested the analgesic effects of cannabidiol (CBD) in humans. The goal of this study was to experimentally test the effects of… Read More »CBD and Pain – Exciting New Data

Folks ask us “how long is my CBD good for or does CBD oil expire?” A good question, since one doesn’t want to consume something that has gone bad. We put expiration dates on all our consumable organic products, to insure quality. But what is the data on CBD stability? CBD Concentrate Stability Our internal data shows that CBD concentrate is very stable, as long as it is tightly sealed… Read More »Does CBD Oil Expire?