How Does CBD Help Service Members? CBD for Military, Veterans, and First Responders.
Most veterans and service members are affected by chronic pain, PTSD, and other debilitating mental and physical obstacles. It’s estimated that at least 50% of veterans won’t seek treatment. Research also shows that current PTSD and pain therapies don’t work as well as intended and come with all kinds of side effects.
It’s time for a natural, effective solution!
CBD is extracted from the hemp plant, and it does not have intoxicating effects. There are over 20,000 published studies proving it has zero harmful side effects and is non-addictive.2 The health benefits of CBD range from promoting pain management, recovery, and mental clarity, to managing anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders.
Still, instead of prescribing CBD to veterans, the VA prescribes opioids with long lists of known side effects. Most veterans are prescribed a variety of meds that have negative interactions. Additionally, their effects wear off, so the user continually needs stronger doses to get the desired effects.
Here are 9 ways CBD can help service members and offer a healthy, safe alternative to opioids:
1. The health benefits without the negative effects
CBD has zero harmful side effects. Which prescription medication can say the same? CBD does not have intoxicating effects. CBD is non-addictive. CBD has a high tolerance profile and does not typically interact with other medications*. Unlike synthetic medications, CBD comes from a natural herb.
In addition to helping manage pain, anxiety, stress, sleep disorders, immune issues, and more, CBD helps bring the body and mind to balance and maintain homeostasis.
We have cannabinoid receptors all over our body that are designed to consume cannabinoids like CBD in order to maintain a healthy body and mind.
Our bodies are designed to consume CBD.
* 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 “𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨,” 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘉𝘋.
2. Chronic pain
CBD helps with all kinds of pain. It helps target and soothe the source of pain, as well as prevent further pain and damage.
3. Sleep
CBD addresses the reasons why you can’t sleep and helps you feel calm, relaxed, and clear headed so you can get a great night’s sleep. Studies show CBD also helps achieve deeper, more restful sleep, as well as ease anxiety and fear to lessen night terrors and fitful sleep.
4. Anxiety and PTSD
CBD is famous for helping to manage anxiety and soothe the source of the stress, fear, and discomfort.3 People with PTSD can benefit from CBD’s calming, assuring effects as well as the mental balance it helps restore.
Additionally, CBD helps the brain put traumatic memories into long term storage so those triggering events don’t stay at the forefront of your mind. CBD also helps your brain release the learned fear it’s associated with traumatic memories so you have less of a response when these memories arise.
5. Depression
Depression is a complicated state of mind that can be over-simplified as a mental or chemical imbalance. CBD combats depression by increasing the levels of ‘happy chemicals’ in your brain (such as serotonin and anandamide), and blocks ‘sad chemicals’ and their negative effects.
While CBD won’t cure your depression, it can help fight depressive feelings and mood imbalances while helping to stabilize your mood and overall feeling of wellbeing. CBD also regulates other factors that affect your mood, such as your sleep cycles, hormones, brain function, and gut health. Additionally, CBD helps combat substance abuse or dependence, making it an excellent solution for those suffering from depression.
6. Focus and Mental Clarity
Brain fog can be caused by lack of sleep, mood or hormone imbalances, anxiety, stress, dehydration, intoxication, or even an unhealthy gut. Thankfully, CBD can help with all these things, as well as helping your brain function stay balanced and performing at its best.
CBD can also help your brain lesson distractions and overwhelm, helping you to stay calmly focused on the task at hand. Many people who used to be dependent on unhealthy substances like energy drinks and adderall are turning to CBD to give them relaxed, laser sharp focus.
7. Addiction
Studies have shown that CBD helps combat addiction and addictive behaviors.5 It also fights against intoxication and psychoactivity without producing any harmful side effects or affecting motor function.
CBD has also shown to help with withdrawal symptoms, as well as preventing cravings and relapse. In addition, it helps manage the stress and anxiety that can encourage addictive behavior.
CBD also has preventative and protective properties that help your brain, liver, and gut recover from the negative effects of substance abuse.
8. Energy
Whether it’s lack of sleep, motivation, or focus, or an imbalanced brain or gut microbiome, CBD helps with the reasons you may have a lack of energy
9. Recovery
Your ability to recover between training sessions affects your performance the next day, as well as how much pain or tension you feel. When your health is out of balance, it will affect every aspect of your recovery, which causes a vicious cycle of discomfort and deterioration.
CBD helps your body recover from strenuous activity.8 It also regulates your body’s healing processes so everything works at its best.
Conclusion
Thousands of clinical studies prove the mental and physical health benefits and safety of CBD. Why are our veterans and service members still prescribed harmful opioids with known negative side effects?
Why is there still a stigma about this natural plant medicine that is shown to be effective, non-intoxicating, and has zero harmful effects? Why are veterans left to suffer, when CBD can help with the obstacles they face every day and improve their quality of life?
Pure Mana is on a mission to #HealOurHeroes and help them access the highest quality, THC-free CBD products on the market so they don’t have to live with pain and PTSD.
We believe Pure Mana CBD is #TheAnswer, and our goal is to help millions more people get out of pain, get quality sleep, manage their anxiety and PTSD, and live a life they love.
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References
- https://congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1151
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=cannabinoid
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5938896/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604171/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862835/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1238886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/826944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19940171/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22716160/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4444130/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30698831/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28249817/
