Can CBD Help With Alcohol Use Disorder? New Scientific Review Finds There's Something To It
Whether it's labeled as alcoholism or binge drinking, unhealthy alcohol use poses a health and safety risk. The alarming 2022 data from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism show that nearly 30 million people ages 12 and older (10.5% in this age group) had alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the past year. Treatments for alcohol use disorder are numerous, and often include oral or injected medications, and psychological counseling, to name a few. But there's also an unorthodox approach to threatening this kind of addiction – CBD. A new systematic review of studies around whether cannabidiol is relevant as a treatment for alcohol use disorder was made public this week. The latest scientific effort to prove many uses of cannabis joins a push from industry stakeholders who are tirelessly working on destigmatizing the plant.
