Putting CBD To The Test: Study In Brazil Demonstrates Safety, Efficacy September 23, 2021
September 2021 - Cannabis
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From mid-summer to late fall in 2020, the United States saw an explosion of Covid-19. Total cases rose from approximately 2.1 million to more than 10.6 million, with greater than 240,000 deaths. In the U.S., data from the CDC and other sources (including High Yield Insights) captured the crushing impact of the pandemic on mental health. Americans sought relief from the anxiety and ever-present threat of the pandemic in many forms. As has been widely reported, consumers have turned to cannabis in record numbers. (In a bit of positive news, neither the use of cannabis or incidence of binge drinking rose substantially among adolescents.) Frontline healthcare workers especially were suffering from burnout and emotional exhaustion.
From June to September 2020, Mental Health America ran a survey on the mental state of healthcare workers in the United States. The results were not unsurprising: 93% were experiencing stress, 86% reported experiencing anxiety, 77% reported frustration, 76% reported exhaustion and burnout, and 75% said they were overwhelmed.
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