methadone and buprenorphine, which work on the same opioid receptors as heroin and other opioids.
But because these treatments carry a stigma, have their own addiction risk and are tightly regulated, millions of Americans with opioid addiction won’t use them, the study authors explained.
That’s why there’s an urgent need to find other treatments, the researchers noted.
The report was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Hurd’s team is now working on two follow-up studies: one to examine how CBD affects the brain, and another to pursue the development of CBD-based treatments for opioid addiction.
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SOURCE: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, news release, May 21, 2019