BOSTON (CBS) – Tens of millions of Americans have trouble falling or staying asleep. While there are many over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids, most are not permanent solutions.
Now, a Massachusetts cannabis retailer is offering up a marijuana-based alternative.
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Garden Remedies is teaming up with the therapeutic company Real Isolates on a cannabis pill directly aimed at helping people sleep. It’s meant for people like Peter Riggs of Newton, who suffers from PTSD and needs extra help shutting his eyes.
“I’m ready to go to sleep and my mind isn’t scared,” said Peter. “It’s whimsical.”
Miyabe Shields is one of the scientists in charge of the effort. She says the process involves harvesting two compounds from marijuana.
“We capture the formulation from the smoke,” Shields said. “We heat the cannabis. We capture it selectively in a filter. We pull out the active components from the smoke and the smoke goes through and out. It’s an extract.”
The extracts, THC and CBN are then combined to create the “Sleep Plus” pill.
Shields calls it a perfect mix. “Using our method the edible has a higher amount of cannabinol or CBN.”
Using a molecular 3D model to demonstrate her point, Shields said “The only difference is in the top ring – this molecule is not as small or intense as THC.”
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BOSTON (CBS) – Tens of millions of Americans have trouble falling or staying asleep. While there are many over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids, most are not permanent solutions.
Now, a Massachusetts cannabis retailer is offering up a marijuana-based alternative.
READ MORE: ‘Busiest We Have Been In 41 Years’: Typewriters Make Comeback During Pandemic
Garden Remedies is teaming up with the therapeutic company Real Isolates on a cannabis pill directly aimed at helping people sleep. It’s meant for people like Peter Riggs of Newton, who suffers from PTSD and needs extra help shutting his eyes.
“I’m ready to go to sleep and my mind isn’t scared,” said Peter. “It’s whimsical.”
Miyabe Shields is one of the scientists in charge of the effort. She says the process involves harvesting two compounds from marijuana.
“We capture the formulation from the smoke,” Shields said. “We heat the cannabis. We capture it selectively in a filter. We pull out the active components from the smoke and the smoke goes through and out. It’s an extract.”
The extracts, THC and CBN are then combined to create the “Sleep Plus” pill.
Shields calls it a perfect mix. “Using our method the edible has a higher amount of cannabinol or CBN.”
Using a molecular 3D model to demonstrate her point, Shields said “The only difference is in the top ring – this molecule is not as small or intense as THC.”
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