02-15-2017, 01:53 PM
<div> Gum for Guts: Marijuana Chewing Gum To Be Tested as IBS Treatment
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By <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://hightimes.com/author/chrisroberts/" title="Posts by Chris Roberts">Chris Roberts</a> January 23, 2017
<p class="">Any middle school-worthy guffaws at the mention of irritable bowel syndrome disappear in an instant once the affliction is experienced. Chronic cramping, bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and worse, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/irritable-bowel-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20024578"><span>with no known cause</a>, no easy cure and nothing but long-term management to look forward to. </span>
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<p class="">For anyone who buys into the idea of a second brain in your gastrointestinal tract, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/healthy_body/the-brain-gut-connection"><span>a brain-gut connection</a>and since medical and scientific professionals buy into it, you probably should, tooanxiety and depression are likely accompaniments for a life with IBS, with one fueling the other.</span>
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<p class="">In other words, no funand no fun experienced by up to 3.5 million people a year in America.
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<p class="">So if the Dutch doctors who say that a marijuana-infused chewing gum made by an American marijuana company could cure IBS are onto something, it would be a very big deal indeed for millions of people.
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<p class="">Its been known for some time that CBD, or cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid with known anti-inflammatory properties, has shown promise in treating IBS. It was only a matter of time, then, before a CBD-derived pharmaceutical intended for IBS treatment arrived.
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<p class="">But gum?
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<p class=""><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4141168/Doctors-testing-cannabis-laced-chewing-gum-cure-IBS.html">The UK <span><i>Daily Mail</i> reports</a></span> that medical researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands will start testing CBD-infused gum made by <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.medicalmarijuanainc.com/"><span>Medical Marijuana, Inc</a>., a San Diego, California-area company best known now for touting hemp-derived CBD oil. (The company currently <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://mmjreporter.com/medical-marijuana-inc-otcmktsmjna-enters-mexico-with-cbd-oil-2294.html">markets its CBD oil across the country and in Mexico</a>, though whether itll continue to be able doing so after the DEA classified CBD oil, regardless of source material, as a Schedule I substance is unclear.).....</span>
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<p class=""><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://hightimes.com/medicinal/gum-for-guts-marijuana-chewing-gum-to-be-tested-as-ibs-treatment/">http://hightimes.com/medicinal/gum-for-guts-marijuana-chewing-gum-to-be-tested-as-ibs-treatment/</a>
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By <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://hightimes.com/author/chrisroberts/" title="Posts by Chris Roberts">Chris Roberts</a> January 23, 2017
<p class="">Any middle school-worthy guffaws at the mention of irritable bowel syndrome disappear in an instant once the affliction is experienced. Chronic cramping, bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and worse, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/irritable-bowel-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20024578"><span>with no known cause</a>, no easy cure and nothing but long-term management to look forward to. </span>
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<p class="">For anyone who buys into the idea of a second brain in your gastrointestinal tract, <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/healthy_body/the-brain-gut-connection"><span>a brain-gut connection</a>and since medical and scientific professionals buy into it, you probably should, tooanxiety and depression are likely accompaniments for a life with IBS, with one fueling the other.</span>
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<p class="">In other words, no funand no fun experienced by up to 3.5 million people a year in America.
<p class="">
<p class="">So if the Dutch doctors who say that a marijuana-infused chewing gum made by an American marijuana company could cure IBS are onto something, it would be a very big deal indeed for millions of people.
<p class="">
<p class="">Its been known for some time that CBD, or cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid with known anti-inflammatory properties, has shown promise in treating IBS. It was only a matter of time, then, before a CBD-derived pharmaceutical intended for IBS treatment arrived.
<p class="">
<p class="">But gum?
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<p class=""><a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4141168/Doctors-testing-cannabis-laced-chewing-gum-cure-IBS.html">The UK <span><i>Daily Mail</i> reports</a></span> that medical researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands will start testing CBD-infused gum made by <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.medicalmarijuanainc.com/"><span>Medical Marijuana, Inc</a>., a San Diego, California-area company best known now for touting hemp-derived CBD oil. (The company currently <a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://mmjreporter.com/medical-marijuana-inc-otcmktsmjna-enters-mexico-with-cbd-oil-2294.html">markets its CBD oil across the country and in Mexico</a>, though whether itll continue to be able doing so after the DEA classified CBD oil, regardless of source material, as a Schedule I substance is unclear.).....</span>
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