By Lucía Tedesco, via El Planteo.
Researchers demonstrated that CBD is capable of reversing a fentanyl overdose. This was due to a study by a group of scientists from Indiana University, USA, who tested 15 cannabidiol derivatives for these purposes.
In 2021, 80,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the United States, a figure that is on the rise and has been causing concern for some time. But thanks to the work done by the Indiana scientific team, it was found that fentanyl's contact with brain receptors can be reduced.
How? CBD, combined with naloxone (which is the drug commonly used to reverse overdoses) generates what they call …