UC San Diego Receives $3 Million to Conduct Official Research on CBD

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The university will split the grant among five research projects to see if CBD can treat arthritis, anorexia, alcohol addiction, psychosis, and insomnia.

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As American researchers struggle to study cannabis and its medicinal properties due to restrictive federal laws, private donors remain one avenue for funding drug research. UC San Diego, home of the Study for Medicinal Cannabis Research, is now investigating CBD as a medical treatment for several maladies after being gifted $3 million from a non-profit based in Utah.

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