Potential for Cannabis Compounds to Prevent and Treat COVID—Not So Fast
Recently, some promising pre-clinical studies suggest that non-psychotropic compounds found in Cannabis could help prevent and treat COVID-19. But is this fact or fiction? Public health officials and researchers do not want the excitement to override the need to replicate these findings in rigorous clinical human trials before claiming they are effective treatments.
Pre-Clinical Data: Claims and Realities
Some research, where possible, is being conducted to see if non-psychotropic compounds found in Cannabis could be a treatment for COVID-19.
Oregon State University Research
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