Could CBD and Psilocybin Treat Brain Injuries? This University Plans to Find Out

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The University of Miami received a $1.64 million grant to investigate whether combining CBD and psilocybin could control, or even prevent, some of the worst symptoms of PTSD and traumatic brain injury.

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The University of Miami will begin studying if CBD and psilocybin combined can treat traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, two medical conditions for which there are currently no cures.

The university received a $1.64 million grant from Tassili Life Sciences to see if CBD, a non-intoxicating compound derived from cannabis, taken along with psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” could reduce, or even prevent, the symptoms associated with traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

“Mild traumatic brain injury, especially concussion, is an important cause of morbidity in the United States and in the world...

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