How and where to buy CBD products in hong kong

Hong Kong government is going to regulate CBD, and it will not be able to buy freely as before.

Source, South China Morning Post: Hong Kong has proposed banning CBD products within a year. Here’s everything you need to know

CBD products in Hong Kong

Whilst it is unclear how the CBD would be regulated, and how you can buy in Hong Kong in the future, Daily Hong Kong, an online news advertisment website in Hong Kong, posted contact photo of the CBD seller on the street and attracted attention.

This post from Daily Hong Kong was actually reporting the news that Chinese scientists found CBD can cure the damaged heart muscle, which giving hope for the people who got myocarditis after Covid19 injection.

Interestingly, while reporting this news, Daily Hong Kong included a photo of a street CBD seller taken from the street and attached to the post.

Source, Daily Hong Kong: 중국 연구진, 대마 CBD로 손상된 심장 근육 치료 가능성 밝혀

For the time being, you may find the CBD seller contact info from the photo taken by Daily Hong Kong which is included in the news post above.

Anyway, I am not sure what will happen in Hong Kong regards to the CBD products in the future, but will update in this post whenever there is a fixed plan announced.

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Hong Kong medical students are supporting legalization of cannabis for medical use

 

International peer reviewed journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine published a research result from Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region that the faculty medical students are supporting legalization of medical cannabis.

→Source: Attitudes and beliefs of medical students on cannabis in Hong Kong

Highlights

• Medical students in Hong Kong supported future legalization of cannabis for medical use despite perceiving more risks.
• Female students perceived higher risks for cannabis than males.
• Students who used cannabis before are more acceptable on using cannabis as treatments.
• Stigmatizing views from Asian countries should be considered when medical cannabis is legalized in the future.

The research team analyzed a cross-sectional anonymous online survey which were sent from 1st December 2018 to 31st August 2020 to all medical students from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

Overall, students perceived cannabis possessed significant physical and mental health risks, but they were more neutral to its physical and mental benefits. They also supported legalizing cannabis more so for medical use than recreational use. Students were also more likely to recommend medical cannabis than non-licensed cannabis to patients if they were legally available.

Conclusion

Medical students in Hong Kong supported legalization of cannabis for medical use despite perceiving significant risks from cannabis use. Future research should investigate public acceptance on medical cannabis in Hong Kong and other Asian countries.

→Reference: Can HKSAR have a different view of medical cannabis?

South Korea cannabis legalization efforts unveils HiGH KOREA project

While the news that cannabis can cure COVID19 and stop SARS-CoV-2 it is notable that a rather reclusive country Korea is also planning to legalize it completely. HiGH KOREA(하이코리아 in Korean) aims to lift up and remove the wrong beliefs of cannabis in Korea. Activism website HiGH KOREA is trying legalization in Korea. Interesting because Hong Kong also want cannabis to be legalized. Well, maybe not, because obviously COVID19 is not a regional issue but a global issue which needs to be addressed and solved. Cannabis can cure COVID19.

Cannabidiol increases gramicidin current in human embryonic kidney cells

Gramicidin is a monomeric protein that is thought to non-selectively conduct cationic currents and water. Linear gramicidin is considered an antibiotic. This function is considered to be mediated by the formation of pores within the lipid membrane, thereby killing bacterial cells. The main non-psychoactive active constituent of the cannabis plant, cannabidiol (CBD), has recently gained interest, and is proposed to possess various potential therapeutic properties, including being an antibiotic. We previously determined that CBD’s activity on ion channels could be, in part, mediated by altering membrane biophysical properties, including elasticity. In this study, our goal was to determine the empirical effects of CBD on gramicidin currents in human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells, seeking to infer potential direct compound-protein interactions. Our results indicate that gramicidin, when applied to the extracellular HEK cell membrane, followed by CBD perfusion, increases the gramicidin current.

Ghovanloo MR, Goodchild SJ, Ruben PC. Cannabidiol increases gramicidin current in human embryonic kidney cells: An observational study. PLoS One. 2022;17(8):e0271801. Published 2022 Aug 1. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271801

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9342711/