ROSIE STRUVE
Potlander
wILLAmETTE
ILLA ETTE wEEk’S
EE ’S
There’s CBD for That
R A
A M
M E
E N
N +
+
R
W H
H I I S
S KY
KY
W
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN’T THINK CBD COULD REPLACE.
FESTIVAL
BY L AUR E N TE R RY
We’ve barely begun
to tap the potential
health benefits of
CBD in cannabis.
The non-intoxi-
cating substance
has already shown
remarkable poten-
tial for treating
chronic musculoskel-
etal and neurological conditions. But the way it
works is often misinterpreted.
“CBD is psychoactive; a lot of people misun-
derstand that,” says neuroscientist Dr. Adie Poe
of Washington University in St. Louis. “CBD
binds to targets and activates processes inside
your brain. It just doesn’t have the same intoxi-
cating effect that THC does, nor does it affect
motor functions.”
And unlike other drugs shown to have bene-
fi ts, you don’t need a doctor’s prescription to use
it. This means a lot of people are getting unex-
pected benefits from CBD. To capture all that
data, Poe has partnered with Portland dispen-
sary Farma on Habu Health, a project devoted to
gathering feedback from cannabis consumers as
a baseline for pharmacological research.
“I almost think of CBD as another vitamin,”
Poe says, “a nutritional supplement for people
who may suffer from anxiety, insomnia and vari-
ous other problems with body systems.”
According to Poe, users have reported that
CBD can soothe day-to-day maladies that we
typically treat with some form of sugar, caffeine
or other more metaphorically addictive activ-
ity. Here are a few crutches you might be able to
replace with CBD.
COFFEE
Chugging coffee before a work interview? Reach-
ing for that third cup at 2:30 pm? Try a single
dose of a CBD -dominant chocolate bar like
Serra x Woodblock’s dark chocolate bar ($12)
and you’ll feel calmly collected without a hint of
the red-eyed silliness from THC, or the digestive
and physical panic after three espressos.
AMBIEN
I personally don’t mess with this sleepwalk-
ing black magic, but a huge population relies
on the heavy-handed medication to literally
knock themselves out at night. CBD can help
you wind down, quieting the rambling streams
of consciousness keeping you awake. Nighttime
routine for a good night’s sleep: a few puffs off
a vape pen with a cartridge of Evolvd’s Tahitian
Clear ($60 for 0.6 grams, 77.3% THC 12% CBD)
and 10-15 minutes of slow stretching before hit-
ting the sack.
A HANDFUL OF ADVIL
Whether it’s an athlete sore from grueling drills
or a boomer headed to a pickup game with a bad
knee, many people consider a few Advil or Tyle-
nol part of their daily vitamins. For the sake of
your internal organs, try one or two Wyld CBD
strawberry gummies ($24-$28 for an 118.3-
gram pack) for several hours of serious relief
from muscle/nerve/joint pain. If we’re sure of
one thing about this cannabinoid, it’s the anti-
infl ammatory properties.
A REGRETTABLE HOOK-UP
To some, there is no such thing. But for those
saddled with regrets or hangovers in the morn-
ing, I recommend a robust pre-roll of high-CBD
flower like Charlotte’s Web ($8) as a better
stress come-down than heading out to debauch
away a particularly rough day. You won’t feel too
stoned, and it’s easier on your body than drink-
ing until the guy in front of you sounds witty.
A SELF-RIGHTEOUS MIDDLE FINGER
Sure, it’s cathartic after a long day to fl ip off the
guy who can’t figure out how zipper-merging
works. But you can also opt for a subtle CBD cap-
sule after work and funnel that stress-fury into
some critical theory or, you know, summoning
awareness for a nonprofi t. Sun God Medicinals
has a 10-pack with 138-178 mg CBD ($27). CBD
can help severe medical conditions, but it can
also help a stressed-out person just get through
the day.
SAucEbox
SA
uc box
box
SAucEbox
SAuc
SA
uc
rIchI’S
ch
rIchI’S
ch
(GF)
(GF)
hAn
hA
n o
o
oAk
hAn
hA
n
oAk
norAnEko
nor
ko
norAnEko
nor
ko
mArukIn
ruk
mArukIn
ruk
doubLE
doub
LE dr
dr
drAGon
AG on
on
doubLE
doub
LE
drAG
drAGon
AG
AGon
mIho
ho IzAyAkA
IzAyAkA
mIho
ho
bokE bow
bok
bow
bowL
bokE
bok
bowL
oyATSupAn
oyATS
oy
ATS up
up
oyATSupAn
oy
oyATS
ATSup
ATS
(dESSErT)
(d
ESSE
(dESSErT)
(dESSE
(d
ESSE
GET TICKETS at bit.ly/ramenandwhisky2017 $35
Japanese whisky education
and tasting table from
Willamette Week OCTOBER 11, 2017 wweek.com
43