{"id":54865,"date":"2022-05-25T09:28:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/is-cannabis-safe-for-dogs-yes-but\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T19:45:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T03:45:28","slug":"is-cannabis-safe-for-dogs-yes-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/is-cannabis-safe-for-dogs-yes-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Cannabis Safe for Dogs? Yes, But\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The first president in more than a century to not have an official First Dog at the White House\u2014and maybe the first to have an (in)famous thing with canines\u2014Donald Trump nonetheless did more than any other president to ensure your dog can get weed\u2014and, in an accidental and roundabout way, to ensure that your dog can access a cannabis-based treatment safely.<\/em> But, the question remains: Is cannabis safe for dogs and, if so, at what levels?<\/p>\n

Pet owners for years have been experimenting<\/a> with medical cannabis to solve maladies in their pets, including pain, seizures, anxiety and inflammation\u2014in other words, treating them like tiny people who suffer from the same ravages of life and aging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though the issue is still under-studied, it turns out dogs can indeed be given cannabis-based treatments, and dog owners can enjoy the comfort and security of knowing that the cannabis can be given both safely and effectively, as recent research published May 5 in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research<\/em> confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s one significant caveat: That cannabis you give your dog had better be high in CBD, and with low or no THC. That means many products derived from hemp\u2014legalized federally under the most recent Farm Bill<\/a>, which Trump signed into law in December 2018\u2014are good and proper to be shared with both man and man\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\n

Dog<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s Best Weed<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Among the tasty treats enjoyed by humans that are problematic or potentially harmful for your dog, cannabis ranks somewhere between avocado, onions and cooked chicken bones. Beware when it comes to weed and pets: With 30 times more CB1 receptors in a dog\u2019s endocannabinoid system<\/a> than a human\u2019s, THC and dogs don\u2019t mix, as canines are extremely<\/em> sensitive to THC. In fact, if you could choose between accidentally letting your dog eat your edibles and leaving them out where your kid could get them, for least harm, you\u2019d give your weed candy to a baby. (Note: Don\u2019t do that either, please.)<\/p>\n

Well before Trump triggered the CBD boom by encouraging US farmers to grow hemp\u2014which, for a while, was converted almost exclusively into CBD, the cannabinoid that doesn\u2019t intoxicate like THC and is instead associated with beneficial health effects\u2014certain cannabis-product makers followed some bold pet-owners\u2019 experimentation, and marketed cannabis-based oils and tinctures for pets.<\/p>\n

As a team of Brazilian researchers conducting a review of the science found, there\u2019s a scientific basis for this, if the cannabis-based concoction is CBD forward. As they found, in addition to assisting with pain and anxiety, two common afflictions in older as well as urban dogs, \u201cproducts rich in cannabidiol (CBD), free or with low concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol\u201d can \u201cpotentially promote improved quality of life and reduce pain perception in animals affected by canine osteoarthritis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the Farm Bill legalized cannabis (CBD) with 0.3 percent of THC or less, Farm Bill-legal cannabis is the right concoction for a dog\u2014though you might not have much luck getting solid advice or product recommendations from your veterinarian.<\/p>\n

Don<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>t Ask Your Vet<\/strong><\/h4>\n

One thing the Farm Bill didn\u2019t legalize was \u201cmedical hemp.\u201d As the American Veterinary Medical Association notes<\/a>, neither that bill nor any state-level medical cannabis bill extended legal protections to pet owners or vets who might want to prescribe cannabis. And under Food and Drug Administration Rules, a product can\u2019t be marketed as a medicine or having medical benefits until after a rigorous scientific process is concluded.<\/p>\n

That hasn\u2019t happened for CBD and dogs. Thus, according to the AVMA, \u201cthe available scientific evidence pertaining to their use in animals is currently limited.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile findings from a few well-controlled studies have been published, much of what we know is related to anecdotal or case reports,\u201d the AVMA noted, adding that to complicate factors, many commercially available CBD products are mislabeled. For these reasons, the AVMA can\u2019t quite say that cannabis is safe for dogs, even if other research, such as the Brazilians\u2019 review of data, concludes that doing so is generally safe and effective\u2014and even if prominent veterinarians are frustrated by the AVMA\u2019s understandable intransigence.<\/p>\n

Just Ask Your Dog<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If you practice holistic medicine for your pets, you probably have a book written by Dr. Gary Richter<\/a>. The former medical director of Montclair Veterinary Hospital in Oakland, CA, Richter is a certified practitioner of veterinary acupuncture and veterinary chiropractic techniques\u2014and he\u2019s also the co-founder<\/a> of the Veterinary Cannabis Society.<\/p>\n

Though the recent review of canine application of CBD \u201cdidn\u2019t necessarily tell us anything we didn\u2019t already know\u2026 any study that supports the safety and efficacy of cannabis is a plus,\u201d he said. \u201cThere really aren\u2019t that many, so we\u2019ll take it where we can get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

While CBD\u2019s value for pets in applications for seizures and arthritis has been studied most, for all applications where a human might want to try CBD, they can also carefully proceed giving man\u2019s best friend a dose. Pet owners can rest assured that with CBD and dogs, \u201cyou\u2019re talking about a product that\u2019s very, very safe,\u201d Richter said. \u201cClinical and anecdotal evidence would suggest that pretty much any application you know that it might be used in a person is also applicable for dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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