Does CBD Work for Pain Relief?
The cannabis plant component is wildly popular – and misunderstood.
By Anna Medaris Miller, Staff Writer Jan. 7, 2019, at 10:04 a.m.
A recent study suggested that low-dose CBD was effective at reducing pain and anxiety by interfering with a neurotransmitter linked to both. (Getty Images)
Kyle Wright was used to living in pain. The 31-year-old who lives in New York City regularly felt the repercussions of decades-old injuries from playing sports and bartending, and contended with the back and shoulder aches triggered by mild scoliosis.
Then, at a street fair in Denver, where he used to live, someone offered him a sample of CBD lotion, a product said to contain cannabidiol, one of the many chemicals found in the cannabis plant. (While medicinal and recreational marijuana contain CBD, the component itself doesn't deliver the "high" that's attributed to a different chemical, THC.) Wright gave it a shot. "I was really amazed at how effective the lotion was," says Wright, who now runs a relationship coaching business with his wife. "About 15 minutes later, it felt like the tension had evaporated through my skin."
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