2024-04-11 18:50:43
A study carried out by researchers at the University of Brasília (UnB) shows evidence that the use of cannabidiol (CBD) can offer positive results in the treatment of crack addiction, with better results than those seen with conventional medicines.
An article with the research results was published Monday (8/4) in the International Journal Mental Health and Addiction.
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The study was carried out with 73 crack users. They were randomly separated into two groups. The first, with 36 participants, underwent treatment with CBD oil (50 mg/ml of CBD) and three placebo pills, simulating traditional medicines. The oil did not contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the component responsible for the psychoactive effects.
The second group, with 37 people, received conventional medicines used to treat crack addiction: fluoxetine (antidepressant), valproic acid (mood stabilizer) and clonazepam (anxiolytic), in addition to a placebo oil simulating CBD.
The volunteers were monitored over ten weeks with weekly meetings in which they picked up a medication kit, answered questionnaires about drug use and had a consultation with a doctor and a psychosocial support team. At the meeting, participants also underwent a urine toxicological test, analyzed by the Criminalistics Institute of the Civil Police of the Federal District.
At the end of the experiment, the results showed that CBD can alleviate primary symptoms of crack use reported by participants, such as lack of appetite, feeling of poor health and difficulty in reducing drug consumption.
Furthermore, the group that used CBD also had fewer adverse events compared to the control group, which used the standard medications.
“The main implications of this study point to CBD as a powerful and promising therapeutic tool for crack addicts”, say the researchers in the work.
The researchers explain that the side effects of traditional psychotropic drugs (such as diarrhea, constipation, nausea, dizziness, memory problems, low concentration, dizziness and blurred vision) may be even more pronounced in people with crack addiction due to excessive dosage and the combination of medicines.
“They are seen as people who have a problem with a ‘too hard’ drug and therefore need to be ‘overmedicated’. Adverse events end up contributing to low adherence to treatment among people with crack addiction in health services, and access to CBD, including as an adjuvant therapy, can help in this scenario”, they write.
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