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The Check In How are we doing? Our word of the day : CharasSocial Justice Focus: We Have to Acknowledge That CBD Use Is a PrivilegeResearch Focus/High Science: CBD Can Help Curb Heroin Cravings, New Study FindsCannaBusting Finding or Fiction We will test your knowledge of recent cannabis news and science HEADLINES 3 headlinesMind MunchiesWORD OF THE DAY:Charas: cannabis resin (hashish), either hand-rubbed or sifted. Charas (Hindustani) is the name given to a hashish form of cannabis which is handmade in the Indian subcontinent and Jamaica. It is made from the resin of the cannabis plant.Social Justice Focus:https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a27009941/cbd-privilege-marijuana-legalization/We Have to Acknowledge That CBD Is a Privilege - The Implications of the Racist History of the War on Drugs - marieclaire.comwww.marieclaire.comWe Have to Acknowledge That CBD Use Is a Privilege. Though CBD (unlike THC) has been largely legalized, recent arrest numbers of black and brown people still reflect troubling policies.In this growing market of Cannabis products, CBD can be found in stores across a multitude of states and regions in the US. Despite the rapid expansion of the market, some consumers will face accessibility issues due to location and demographics. The exclusion of POC and minorities from the profits of the Cannabis industry still happens, despite the history of oppression that Prohibition has created.“Cannabis has been split in the public imagination and in many of our laws, into a good guy and a bad guy. A drug and a medicine.”“Those profiting off of CBD ought to ask themselves what they can do for the predominantly black and brown kids still bearing the brunt of criminalization.”HIGH SCIENCE/RESEARCH FINDINGS: CBD Can Help Curb Heroin Cravings, New Study Findshttps://www.leafly.com/news/health/cbd-can-help-with-heroin-addiction-study-findsCBD Can Help Curb Heroin Cravings, New Study Finds | Leaflywww.leafly.comThe record-breaking climb in US overdose deaths—which now outnumber peak annual deaths from car crashes, guns, and HIV—has led some to second-guess cannabis legalization. But a new study ...Cannabidiol (CBD) reduced cue-induced craving and anxiety in individuals with a history of heroin abuse, suggesting a potential role for it in helping to break the cycle of addiction, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published May 21 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The study also revealed that CBD tended to reduce physiological measures of stress reactivity, such as increased heart rate and cortisol levels, that are induced by drug cues."Our findings indicate that CBD holds significant promise for treating individuals with heroin use disorder," says Dr. Hurd. "A successful non-opioid medication would add significantly to the existing addiction medication toolbox to help reduce the growing death toll, enormous health care costs, and treatment limitations imposed by stringent government regulations amid this persistent opioid epidemic."“CBD holds significant promise for treating individuals with heroin use disorder.”Yasmin Hurd, director, Addiction Institute at Mount SinaiCANNABUSTERS:HEADLINES EDITION: Are the following headlines real or will they will be Cannabusted?CBD May Be All The Rage, But Cannabis Terpenes Are About To Hit Big (Forbes)https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarpenter/2019/05/28/cbd-may-be-all-the-rage-but-cannabis-terpenes-are-about-to-hit-big/#5de294aa59d3CBD May Be All The Rage, But Cannabis Terpenes Are About To Hit Big - forbes.comwww.forbes.comIn a period of just five scant years, cannabis has gone from the frequently maligned status of stoner counterculture to a Kardashian-level social phenomenon. Popularity of the plant has eclipsed ...The future of CBD: Is the hemp market hurtling towards a crash?https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/the-future-of-cbd-is-the-hemp-market-hurtling-towards-a-crash.htmlThe future of CBD: Is the hemp market hurtling towards a crash?www.nutritioninsight.comThe future of CBD: Is the hemp market hurtling towards a crash? 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