Single dose of next-generation psilocybin shows significant reduction in depression, with 20% no longer needing treatment | Spotlight on psychedelics

Single dose of next-generation psilocybin shows significant reduction in depression, with 20% no longer needing treatment |  Spotlight on psychedelics

On October 31, 2023, the alternative medicine community woke up to unprecedented positive data demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of psilocybins in the treatment of depression. Cybin, a biotechnology company working on next-generation psychedelic treatments, announced remarkable results from its Phase 2 clinical trial using a proprietary version of deuterated psilocybin for the treatment of …

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Cannabis: Recommended dose of CBD reduced in UK due to safety concerns

Cannabis: Recommended dose of CBD reduced in UK due to safety concerns

Since 2018, when the British parliament passed a law legalizing CBD, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis, sales of CBD-related products have skyrocketed. Today you can buy CBD oil, CBD vape pens, CBD coffee, CBD muffins to accompany your CBD coffee. And these products are often sold with various vague promises of improving well-being. As CBD, …

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CBD: Why the recommended daily dose was lowered from 70 mg to 10 mg by the food regulator

CBD: Why the recommended daily dose was lowered from 70 mg to 10 mg by the food regulator

Since 2018, when the British parliament passed a law legalizing CBD, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis, sales of CBD-related products have skyrocketed. Today you can buy CBD oil, CBD vape pens, CBD coffee, CBD muffins to accompany your CBD coffee. . . CBD everything. And these products are often sold with various vague promises of …

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CBD: why the recommended daily dose was lowered from 70 mg to 10 mg by the food regulator

CBD: why the recommended daily dose was lowered from 70 mg to 10 mg by the food regulator

Since 2018, when the British parliament passed a law legalizing CBD, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis, sales of CBD-related products have skyrocketed. Today you can buy CBD oil, CBD vape pens, CBD coffee, CBD muffins to accompany your CBD coffee. And these products are often sold with various vague promises of improving well-being. As CBD, …

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UK Food Safety Agency Reduces Recommended Daily Dose of CBD Far Too High

UK Food Safety Agency Reduces Recommended Daily Dose of CBD Far Too High

The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reduced the recommended dose of cannabidiol (CBD), advising adults to consume a fraction of the previous daily limit due to liver and thyroid problems. In an update published last week, the FSA and Food Standards Scotland recommended that healthy adults, weighing on average 70kg, limit their CBD intake …

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