{"id":8142,"date":"2018-03-18T20:55:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=13902"},"modified":"2018-03-18T20:55:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:55:21","slug":"uk-cannabis-could-help-treat-millions-suffering-from-skin-conditions-like-eczema-and-psoriasis-researchers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/uk-cannabis-could-help-treat-millions-suffering-from-skin-conditions-like-eczema-and-psoriasis-researchers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Cannabis Could Help Treat Millions Suffering From Skin Conditions Like Eczema And Psoriasis, Researchers Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/uk-cannabis-could-help-treat-millions-suffering-from-skin-conditions-like-eczema-and-psoriasis-researchers-say\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Scientists at the University of Colorado believe an anti-inflammatory compound within the drug, CBD, could help millions of sufferers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>They have begun trials on the cannabinoid, which does not cause a &#8220;high&#8221;, with 40 patients signed up for phase one.<\/p>\n<p>Over the counter medication is available but they do not work for everyone, according to Inside Science.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a large segment of the population that doesn\u2019t like using steroids,&#8221; said Robert Dellavalle from the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis would be an alternative, natural product for them to try.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBD, one of more than 100 chemical compounds produced by the marijuana plant, has anti-inflammatory properties.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, it is believed to be helpful in treating eczema, which causes itchy, red, dry and cracked skin.<\/p>\n<p>Dellavalle added: &#8220;I believe it&#8217;s a wide-open horizon with tremendous potential that needs to be investigated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But there are a number of regulatory hurdles that need to be overcome and that\u2019s where we are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chemicals within cannabis have medicinal properties but need more research, according to Ian Hamilton, a drug researcher at York University.<\/p>\n<p>He told MailOnline: &#8220;It might be several years before this research produces medicines that can be used for conditions such as eczema.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oasis front man Liam Gallagher is one of around 650,000 psoriasis sufferers in the UK, while six million are affected by eczema.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile campaigner and charities supporting multiple sclerosis sufferers are fighting to make cannabis legal.<\/p>\n<p>They claim patients are forced to turn to drug dealers to obtain the drug when legal medication does not suppress their pain.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office has repeatedly said it has no plans to legalize cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/420-news\/medical-marijuana-news\/uk-cannabis-could-help-treat-millions-suffering-from-skin-conditions-like-eczema-and-psoriasis-researchers-say\/\">UK: Cannabis Could Help Treat Millions Suffering From Skin Conditions Like Eczema And Psoriasis, Researchers Say<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at the University of Colorado believe an anti-inflammatory compound within the drug, CBD, could help millions of sufferers around the world. They have begun trials on the cannabinoid, which does not cause a &#8220;high&#8221;, with 40 patients signed up for phase one. Over the counter medication is available but they do not work for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/420-news\/medical-marijuana-news\/uk-cannabis-could-help-treat-millions-suffering-from-skin-conditions-like-eczema-and-psoriasis-researchers-say\/\">UK: Cannabis Could Help Treat Millions Suffering From Skin Conditions Like Eczema And Psoriasis, Researchers Say<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1614,9,1,3],"tags":[4182],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}