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CB Scientific's (CBSC) CannaRAPID an Effective Intervention for Opioid Drug Addiction Patients -- Every Year Close to 28,000 People Die From an Opioid-Related Overdose in America
CB Scientific's (CBSC) CannaRAPID an Effective Intervention for Opioid Drug Addiction Patients -- Every Year Close to 28,000 People Die From an Opioid-Related Overdose in America.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n CB Scientific's (CBSC) CannaRAPID an Effective Intervention for Opioid Drug Addiction Patients -- Every Year Close to 28,000 People Die From an Opioid-Related Overdose in America\n \n \nCB Scientific's (CBSC) CannaRAPID an Effective Intervention for Opioid Drug Addiction Patients -- Every Year Close to 28,000 People Die From an Opioid-Related Overdose in America\n \n DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - May 23, 2017) - CB Scientific, Inc. (OTC PINK: CBSC), a designer, developer and manufacturer of Cannabis Analytical Tools and Devices, Cannabis Medical Delivery Systems and Personal Analytical Kits and Devices, announces today that the Company has developed a novel product medical device portfolio since acquiring Marutronics Medical Devices in February 2017. The company has developed three core platform technologies; CannaRAPID™, CannaNASAL™, and CannaDERME™, focused on precise dosing and controlled release of cannabinoid compounds for patients. CB Scientific developed CannaRAPID™, a sublingual cannabinoid delivery product, and is gearing up for clinical studies on the use of CannaRAPID™ for treating opioid addiction.\n Opioid Addiction in US and CB Scientific's CannaRAPID™ might be the answer for treating opioid addiction\n United States is in the middle of an unprecedented opioid epidemic; Since 1999, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids nearly quadrupled, and over 165,000 people have died from prescription opioid overdoses. Prescription pain medication deaths remain far too high, and in 2014, the most recent year on record, there was a sharp increase in heroin-involved deaths and an increase in deaths involving synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. Prevention, treatment, and research to rapidly tackle and reverse opioid overdoses are critical to fighting this epidemic.\n Early data coming out of states where marijuana laws have been passed suggest that even as conventionally used, marijuana may be playing a role in offsetting the opioid addiction epidemic. Studies have shown that phytocannabinoids like cannabidiol have promising results in opioid withdrawal symptoms and heroin-seeking behavior. Our studies have shown that cannabidiol can have promising improvements in opioid withdrawal symptoms by attenuating the rewarding effects of opioids. There are at least partial evidence that ca...