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CBD Helps Dampen Cravings, Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
CBD Helps Dampen Cravings
In a report published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers find that patients treated with cannabidiol (CBD) reported lower cravings for heroin or other opioids than did patients who were either given a placebo or no treatment at all. As states and public health experts scramble to contain the drug epidemic, the findings could provide some hope.