This system modulates all sorts of mind-body functions. For example, if you’re in pain it keeps your body from going haywire -- this is called down regulation. It down regulates stress-related signals that lead to inflammation and pain. It also works in your immune system and elsewhere in the body. There are two main receptors that these cannabinoids bind to, conveniently named CB1 and CB2. When a cannabinoid like THC hits the body, it acts on the CB 1 receptor, and affects memory, concentration and coordination. It gets you high. When a cannabinoid like CBD hits the body, it doesn’t act on CB-receptors, but hits other, pain receptors that affect pain perception, anxiety, inflammation and so on... thus, it doesn’t get you high. THC and CBD both have similar chemical makeups but different structures, which is why scientists suspect they act differently in the brain. So, of all these promising applications, CBD is most famous for its potential to treat pediatric epilepsy -- or more importantly the seizures that are inherent to children with epilepsy. To put it simply, a seizure happens when the brain’s electricity spikes and the brain's circuitry freezes.
One parent described their son's seizures like "an overtaxed electrical grid.” Researchers haven't fully identified the mechanisms underlying CBD's capabilities to reduce these seizures, but scientists think CBD may improve the function of the endocannabinoid system, somehow. Then it can regulate the central nervous system and protect against convulsive activity. Evidence of CBD’s benefits for pediatric epilepsy have been largely anecdotal, until now. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that children with a complex form of epilepsy who took CBD saw a 23 percent greater reduction in convulsive seizures than those taking a placebo.Researchers used a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial; the gold-standard for trials. It’s a big deal for the future of CBD-as-medicine. There’s a lot we still need to figure out about CBD, but more research is hard to do. At the end of 2016, CBD was declared a Schedule I drug, in part, because THC and CBD are both in the same plant.
The DEA says it’s easier to keep track of CBD if it’s regulated in this way, but after recent studies we’re starting to see medicinal benefits of CBD. And Schedule I-ing a drug stymies research because scientists have to go through an incredible amount of bureaucratic hoop jumping to get access to it. At this point, scientists still have to prove that it’s safe and well tolerated, with a set dosage and a known list of side effects.
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