High Up Volume One

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by Joy Gipson
Aging pets share a lot of the same health issues as humans, and there's a growing medical marijuana industry
that is helping owners alleviate pain, seizures, and many other ailment in their pets. A variety of edibles,
oils, and tinctures can give older, weak, injured, and sick pets welcome relief from pain and other
ailments.
Large doses of marijuana products containing THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) are toxic to pets, but the
cannabis plant contains many compounds like Cannabidiol, known as CBD, that are non-psychoative, that
is, do not get you high. CBD has been studied and used for treatment of pain relief and seizures in both humans
and pets. Reports have shown that cats and dogs respond very rapidly to CBD medication. A woman
from Fort Bragg, North Carolina told the Treatibles® manufacturer that she had an appointment to put her
dog down due to how sick and weak he was. The day before his appointment, she gave him some Treatibles®
CBD Chewy's and he got up and started walking around and acting normal.
The American Veterinary Medical Association hasn't taken an official
stance on the subject and are currently not allowed to prescribe cannabis
products to their patients. Tina Wismer, medical director of the ASPCA
Animal Poison Control Center stated, "These products show potential,
but there's not a lot of research at this point. No one is even sure what
the correct therapeutic dosage is." Wismer added, "Dogs that ingest
large amounts of THC sometimes need to be put on fluids and have
their heart rate monitored."
Cannabis products with THC are not suitable for pets, but commercial
treats with very low or no THC could be of help for ailing
pets in pain. Wismer said she hadn't heard of any problems with
Treatibles® and Canna Companions® products. She has fielded a
number of calls at the ASPCA poison control about accidental pet
exposures to pot in general with sometimes scary results.
Canna Companions, a pot-for-pets proprietor based in Sultan,
WA, has a testimonial posted on their website stating, "It seems as
though your product is the best-kept secret in the animal world
for pain management and anxiety issues. I ordered it for my cat,
Robbie, for anxiety and inflamed bladder issues and it works!
Robbie has had issues for the past year or so, and now they are
gone."
CBD treats and oils have helped with a wide variety of
issues in pets such as anxiety, appetite, arthritis, dementia,
noise and weather anxiety, old age, pain, seizures, skin irritation,
tumors, ulcers and bladder problems. Go to
treatibles.com and cannacompanionusa.com for more
information about how CBD medicinal products may
help your pet.