Coronavirus: New study suggests cannabis could prevent COVID-19 infections

Newshub · Ireland Hendry-Tennent · last updated January 18, 2022 – 1:19 PM

They did not give people supplements or compare infection rates in those who used the compound versus those who didn’t. “They have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2,” he said in a statement to Bloomberg. “The active compounds we’ve discovered in hemp are cannabidiolic acid, CBD-A, CBG-A, and THC-A,” Van Breeman told Vice News. While hemp is considered a cannabis plant, it differs from marijuana and is used for fibre, food and in beauty products and supplements. Hemp products are legal in New Zealand, unlike marijuana which is a Class C drug.

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