Author: Health Freedom Idaho

  • HEALED: Eczema & Allergies

    HEALED: Eczema & Allergies

    Today I came across something so beautiful and inspiring (it even brought a few tears to my eyes) and I just had to share another inspiring story of health and healing. I LOVE reading about all the positive transformations from people healing themselves of all sorts of diseases and health complications. Families seeking the SOURCE of the aliment instead of treating the symptoms. So many are finding that changing lifestyles is empowering and set us free from the never ending cycle of pharmaceuticals and medicated treatments. 

    “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine by thy food” – Hippocrates. 

    Below is a picture of Maya, the beautiful daughter of @dehappy5_mama on Instagram. Ullenka (the happy mama!), her husband and their three kids have been following a raw high carb low fat vegan diet for the last 6 months and have experienced some truly remarkable results.

    Maya had previously suffered from severe eczema as well as leaky gut caused by candida overgrowth. After only a few months, Maya is completely healed and is looking absolutely gorgeous and healthy.

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    “After struggling with terrible eczema and allergies for most of her life, my 8 year old daughter recovered completely within only 5 months on high carb raw vegan diet. She has a condition called leaky gut caused by candida overgrowth that she had since born. Years of other treatments and diets gave no results and even worsen her eczema till the point shown on left photo. At the beginning there was about three months of hard detox and from then she started to heal beautifully to be a healthy and happy girl today. Her two younger brothers had milder stadium of eczema and all three of them are clear skin today.” @dehappy5_mama
    I am so happy to see Maya’s transformation after only a few months of eating raw – how amazing! It just goes to show the incredible power of raw foods – fruit in particular (which Maya mostly eats). “I know it looks dramatic and I am sorry if anyone of you feels a bit discomforted looking at her. But I want to show this to help many other people, especially children, that suffer through this terrible disease. She had such severe eczema on her body that I am first time publicly sharing her pictures from that period of time. I actually will not say anything anymore, you see the results. For those of you who are interested about more details please go to my blog. There is first part of her story with even more dramatic photos.” @dehappy5_mama
    Follow @dehappy5_mama on Instagram here and check out her blog here!
  • The Gut-Thyroid Connection: Hashimoto’s

    The Gut-Thyroid Connection: Hashimoto’s

    Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune hypothyroid disorder responsible for 80% of all hypothyroid cases in the US.

    What is the Gut –Thyroid Connection?

    Hashimoto’s disease is an organ specific autoimmune disease – meaning it affects the thyroid. But at its core, it is rooted in inflammation that may begin outside of the thyroid in a substantial number of cases . One of the most common sources of inflammation that eventually leads to autoimmune conditions is intestinal hyperpermeability, or “leaky gut.”

    The main job of the intestinal mucosa (the lining of the intestine) is to act as like customs officer at a border crossing. It allows nutrients from our food to pass into the submucosa where it can be assimilated for our benefit, while keeping potentially harmful proteins from our food and fragments of both healthy and harmful bacteria out of the submucosa where they can trigger inflammatory and immune reactions. Over time, persistent exposure of the submucosa to inflammatory and immune triggers causes the body to produce antibodies, special proteins that recognize and fight viruses and bacteria. These antibodies can also start to recognize and attack your body tissue, including your thyroid tissue, and sabotage your thyroid’s ability to produce or use thyroid hormones, resulting in Hashimoto’s disease.

    Further, the health of the intestinal microbiome regulates overall inflammation in your body by inhibiting the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines including tumor-necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-KB), while promoting anti-inflammatory cytokines like interleukin-10 (IL-10).

    New research also suggests that there is direct cross-talk between proteins and hormones in the gut and the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis (HPT), adding yet another layer of the connection to what goes on in the gut and the health of the thyroid.

    Antibiotic use, frequent use of NSAIDS (ibuprofen, Aleve, Motrin, etc.), a diet high in sugar and low in a wide variety of vegetables, over-exercise and chronic stress, all affect the health of the intestinal mucosa and the microbiome, and can determine whether you develop hypothyroidism.

    Celiac disease, as in Karen’s case, creates an extreme set-up for leaky gut. In fact, as many as 10% of patients with celiac disease have hypothyroidism. But much milder forms of leaky gut and dysbiosis – which affect millions more people that has previously been recognized – can also create the environment for Hashimoto’s to develop.

    The tricky thing is that not not everyone with gut problems has classic digestive symptoms. Sometimes the only symptom of gut problems is an autoimmune disease! So if you have Hashimoto’s disease, it is worth including gut healing as part of your plan.

    Learn More about the The Core Solution: Healing the Gut-Thyroid Connection

      

    This article originally appeared at: https://avivaromm.com/gut-thyroid-connection/.

  • Poisoning Yourself & Your Family: 12 Toxins in Your Personal Care Products

    The skin is your largest organ, what you put on it is absorbed into your bloodstream.

    The average woman in the United States uses over 15 personal care products daily, the average man about six. Each product containing a dozen or more chemicals! Many of these chemicals are carcinogens, neurotoxins and contain reproductive toxins!

    WARNING: As you look for better hygiene care alternatives make sure to ALWAYS READ THE LABELS; because more than half of all the personal care products found on health food shelves have the same toxic offenders listed above… you’ll be surprised. Check it out for yourself.

    Gather your make up and personal hygiene products and see if they rate poorly on the SKIN DEEP website, you may be surprised!

    “Our skin is not only your largest organ – it’s also the thinnest. Only 1/10th of an inch separates you from all sorts of toxins. Your skin is highly permeable, allowing what you apply to your skin access to your bloodstream (and thereby to the rest of your body)” (Dr. Mercola, Source)

    Here’s a list of 12 toxins in personal care products:

    1.) PARABENS commonly used preservatives in cosmetics such as moisturizers, shampoos and conditioners, and many types of makeup (source). Parabens are known to disrupt hormone function, which is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer and reproductive fertility. parabens are linked to is early puberty in children (source) and early menopause in women (source). Parabens mimic estrogen by binding to estrogen receptors on cells (source).

    2.) PHTHALATES work as softeners in personal care products such as cosmetics and shampoo, as well as flexible plastics like children’s toys (Source). Phthalates are known as endocrine disruptors because they mimic the body’s hormones and have, in laboratory animal tests, been shown to cause reproductive and neurological damage (source). Phthalates are also in products with “Fragrance” as one of the ingredients.

    3.) DIETHANOLAMINE (DEA) is used in personal care, laundry detergent and cleaning products to give that foam lather. DEA by itself is not harmful, however DEA reacts in the cosmetic formula to form an extremely potent carcinogen called nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA). NDEA is absorbed through the skin and has been linked with stomach, esophagus, liver and bladder cancers (source).

    4.) PETROLATUM (Mineral Oils & Paraffin) used as the base for creams, baby rash ointment and many other personal care products “Petrolatum coast the skin like plastic, clogging pores and creating a build-up of toxins. They can slow cellular development, creating earlier signs of aging. They’re implicated as a suspected cause of cancer. Plus, they can disrupt hormonal activity.” (source)

    5.) SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (SLS) When it’s combined with other chemicals it forms nitrosamines. SLS is found in foaming products (toothpaste, shampoo, laundry, household cleaning, etc.) originally made as a pesticide and a heavy duty chemical cleaner for garage oil stains and in car washes! The biggest problem with SLS, is how is made. The manufacturing of SLS creates ethoxylation which is contaminated with dioxane, a carcinogen (Source).

    6.) PROPLENE GLYCOL IS ANTIFREEZE. It’s linked to kidney and liver disease. Enough said. Watch out, you’ll find this in cosmetics, shampoo & conditioners, deodorant, and of all places… ice cream! What?! Yeah I know.

    7.) ACRYLAMIDE found in many face creams. You’ll find this in mammary tumors. “Acrylamide is an industrial chemical known to increase infertility and neurological problems”. (Source)

    8.) PHENOL (CARBOLIC ACID) found in skin lotion. “Phenol was first extracted from coal tar, but today is produced from petroleum. It is corrosive to the eyes, the skin, and the respiratory tract causing lung edema. It’s harmful to the central nervous systems and heart and cause dysrhythmia, seizures, and coma. The kidneys may be affected as well.” (Source)

    9.) DIOXANE is a petrochemical solvent found in cosmetics and products that foam, such as bubble bath, baby shampoo, laundry detergent (Source). Dioxane is a contaminant produced during manufacturing, the FDA does not require 1,4-dioxane to be listed as an ingredient on product labels. However, if you look closely you’ll see ingredients such as PEG, polysorbates, laureth, ethoxylated alcohols which are all dioxanes. Dioxane is linked to cancer. (Source)

    10.) FRAGRANCE Watch out this is one of the biggest offenders. It’s what makes your lotion, perfume, deodorant and shampoo “smell good”. You’ll see it at the bottom of the ingredients list as “fragrance” or “parfum”. Fragrances can contain neurotoxins and are among the top five allergens in the world. Toluene which is in fragrances is known neurotoxin that causes loss of  muscle control, brain damage, headaches, memory loss, and problems with speech, hearing, and vision. (Source). Better options would be to use “un-scented” or scented with essential oils.

    11.) FORMALDEHYDE Is found in nail polish, body lotion, cleansers, shampoo & conditioners, body wash, styling gel, sunscreen and makeup! Formaldehyde a known human carcinogen, it’s toxic to the immune system and respiratory track. (Source)

    12.) HEAVY METALS (lead, aluminum, arsenic, nickel, beryllium, mercury, cadmium & nickel) the number one ingredient in most conventional deodorants is aluminum. One or more of these metals is probably in your makeup! Lead is an ingredient so toxic it isn’t allowed in paint or gasoline, but it’s in most lipstick! Chick out this FDA list here to see if your lipstick on the lead list. Watch out for arsenic in eyeliner and cadmium and mercury in mascara! (Source)

    My family and friends are always asking … what works and is below a toxic level 3?

    I answer this question dozen’s of times.  My Mom still asks me where I get this and that. I’m going to use the last section as a “tell all”. It’s everything we use on our body and face. You have to decide what toxicity level you are comfortable with, is a zero to one? or maybe  a 2 to 3 toxicity. And if you’re fine using a 6-9 toxicity product… well at least you know you’re getting poisoned every time you use it.

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    Julie: I’ve found that buying these products at our health food stores is usually more expensive than buying them online. My two favorite places are Amazon and Vitacost (you’ll need a minimum order of $49 for free shipping). I probably get 90% of our stuff from Vitacost, because, for most personal care products, they’re much cheaper and for every order I get a discount coupon for future orders. 

    Never Put this on Your Face: Dr. Mercola

    Top 4 Personal Care Ingredients to Avoid: Underground Wellness

    Puberty Before Age 10: A New ‘Normal’?: The New York Times

    Make-up ‘triggers early menopause’: News.com.au

    Want Babies in Your 30′s or 40′s? Lose the Makeup: Sarah Pope, The Healthy Home Economist

    Toxic Heavy Metals Widespread in Cosmetics: Safe Cosmetics

  • 2016 Mumps OUTBREAK IN VACCINATED CHILDREN

    2016 Mumps OUTBREAK IN VACCINATED CHILDREN

    Yet ANOTHER outbreak of the contagious childhood disease MUMPS. The screenshot below shows that Twenty SEVEN of the forty-four children are FULLY VACCINATED against the mumps (meaning they have received TWO OR MORE shots of the MMR vaccine). The vaccine is again showing its ineffectiveness. This could be due to the fact that manufacturers tainted the vaccine efficiency results with rabbit blood to make it appear ‘effective’ when obviously it is not.  (there is an on going law suit by employees against the manufacturer for FRAUD)

    More and more cases of mumps are coming into the Spokane regional health district. As of Monday afternoon, there were 44 cases of mumps in Spokane County, which makes this the worst mumps outbreak in decades. Children range in ages from ten to nineteen.

    Julie: The schools are forcing children who are not ‘up-to-date’ on the ineffective MMR vaccine to stay home for up to a month, protecting them from the non-deadly childhood disease. However, those who have received two or more doses will continue to be exposed to other contagious students thereby continuing to spread the illness. Health officials say this number will likely go up.

    According to the Regional Health district, the 44 cases of mumps include 27 people who have been vaccinated, 8 who have not been vaccinated, and 9 whose vaccination status is unknown.

    Is mumps deadly? 

    According to the CDC article updated July 2016 MUMPS IS NOT DEADLY in the U.S. 

    This article originally appeared at: http://www.kxly.com/lifestyle/health/unvaccinated-students-forced-to-stay-home-due-to-mumps-outbreak/273060550.
  • Three reasons ‘BPA-free’ won’t protect you

    Three reasons ‘BPA-free’ won’t protect you

    Children are particularly susceptible to the effects of BPA and similar chemicals, research shows, even in very small quantities.

    A walk through the baby aisle of any pharmacy will reveal a sea of products shouting “BPA-free” on their packaging.

    Bisphenol-A — better known as BPA — is an industrial chemical that’s used in many household plastics and food packages. It’s capable of interfering with the body’s hormones, particularly estrogen, and scientists have linked BPA exposure to diseases like cancer and diabetes.

    With these hazards, the logical solution seemingly would be to shop BPA-free. Unfortunately, it’s not really a solution.

    What’s wrong with BPA-free?

    1. BPA is in more products than you think.
      BPA is so pervasive it’s practically unavoidable. In 2012 the FDA banned it from baby bottles and sippy cups— but it remains used in many other ways, like canned food, water bottles and receipt paper.
    2. When BPA is removed, it’s often replaced with a similarly dangerous chemical.
      This is known as “regrettable substitution.” There’s no one charged with ensuring replacement chemicals are any safer.
    3. Many other unregulated and untested chemicals are in everyday products.
      So even if we could limit our exposure to BPA, we still encounter thousands of other chemicals — many linked to human health risks — in products we use every day.

    What can you do?

    Because this problem is so pervasive, we can’t solve it just by how we shop (though EPA’s Safer Choice label is a welcome start).

    For decades, federal law regulating everyday chemicals was weak and outdated. The Toxic Substances Control Act, the main law meant to protect us, allowed companies to sell and use chemicals without showing they’re safe. In June 2016, President Obama signed the Lautenberg Act, finally reforming the 40-year-old law.

    Moving potentially hazardous chemicals out of the products on store shelves is a big task. It won’t happen overnight and we can’t expect the new law alone to solve it. And the Lautenberg Act does not cover potentially hazardous, unregulated chemicals in food—like BPA in food cans.

    Consumers like you, advocates like us and companies that make and sell products all have a significant role to play. We must keep demanding safer products, get stronger rules in place and strive to go beyond simple compliance with the law.

    This article originally appeared at: https://www.edf.org/health/three-reasons-bpa-free-wont-protect-you.
  • Why There Should Be Religious Exemptions For Vaccines

    Why There Should Be Religious Exemptions For Vaccines


    What’s in your Vaccines? tinyurl.com/excipientlist from the CDC

    RA273 (Rubella Abortus  /27th sample/ 3 tissues samples)
    In the 1960’s, to culture LIVE VIRUSES. They need to have live human tissue to grow on.
    26 babies were aborted because doctors told the mothers that due to the exposure to rubella their babies were going to be deformed. Those babies WERE NOT infected with rubella and they died because ‘science was wrong’ and the ‘doctors made a mistake’. It wasn’t until the 27th baby that they found a child actually INFECTED with the rubella virus. They used that child as spare parts. Then they had to find a suitable cell line to replicate that virus. 80 abortions were used to make the Rubella Vaccine.

    WI-38 human diploid cell line
    The WI-38 human diploid cell line (RA 273) was a 16-week-old female baby (20 cm long) who was aborted in Sweden because the parents felt they had too many children. The baby was packed on ice and sent to the United States (speculation suggests without consent – which was common) where it was dissected. The use of WI-38 cells is a lucrative moneymaking business.

    The rubella vaccine currently used in the U.S. and in most countries was developed after an American researcher at the Wistar Institute cultured rubella virus from a fetus aborted because the mother was infected with rubella. This vaccine is called RA 27/3 because the rubella virus was isolated from the 27th aborted fetus sent to the Wistar Institute in the 1964 rubella outbreak. Eighty elective abortions (recorded) were involved in the research and final production of the current rubella vaccine: 21 from the original WI-1 through WI-26 fetal cell lines that failed, plus WI-38 itself, plus 67 from the attempts to isolate the rubella virus.”

    MRC-5 cell line
    The MRC-5 cell line was developed in September 1966 from lung tissue taken from a 14 week fetus aborted for psychiatric reasons from a 27 year old physically healthy woman. MRC-5 is a known source of human DNA in vaccines. 

    The fact that the Chickenpox, Hepatitis-A and MMR vaccines were developed using aborted fetal cell lines, MRC-5 and WI-38 has never been hidden from the public.  The problem is that when parents go to their family doctors for vaccinations, who asks to see the product insert?

    The Vaxxed bus makes a special stop in Fort Wayne, Indiana to talk to Independent Researcher Marcella Piper-Terry about religious exemptions from vaccines and aborted fetal cells. Interview by Polly Tommey and camera by Joshua Coleman and Anu Vaidya with editing by Joshua Coleman. Published on Jan 13, 2017
    MORE RESEARCH:  They would read that the vaccine contains “residual DNA and proteins” and “components” of “MRC-5″, “WI-38″ (or both) “human diploid cell lines”. Click here for the Manufacturer’s package insert portion describing the fetal cell lines.

    This article originally appeared at: https://youtu.be/RU2BDZL3OFY.
  • Confirmed! Fluoride is a Neuro-toxin. SUMMARY OF THE SCIENCE

    Confirmed! Fluoride is a Neuro-toxin. SUMMARY OF THE SCIENCE

    New York – December 30, 2016 – The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has released a new video: “Fluoride & The Brain” that should be the ideal tool to help educate dentists, doctors, scientists, decision-makers, the media, and friends on the scientific evidence that fluoride can damage the brain and has the potential to lower IQ in children.

    HFI: Did you know that SOME SCHOOLS across the U.S. administer FLUORIDE TREATMENTS to kids in the classroom with (and without) parental permission? Have you checked with your school?
    Fluoride is in the public water system in Idaho. Does this concern you?

    This 30 minute presentation is available to watch for free.

    Michael Connett explains the fluoride-brain connection in language most people can understand.

    Fluoride’s ability to damage the brain is one of the most active areas of fluoride research today.
    Over 300 studies have found that fluoride is a neurotoxin (a chemical that can damage the brain). This research includes:

    • Over 100 animal studies showing that prolonged exposure to varying levels of fluoride can damage the brain, particularly when coupled with an iodine deficiency, or aluminum excess;
    • 50 human studies linking moderately high fluoride exposures with reduced intelligence;
    • 45 animal studies reporting that mice or rats ingesting fluoride have an impaired capacity to learn and/or remember;
    • 12 studies (7 human, 5 animal) linking fluoride with neurobehavioral deficits (e.g., impaired visual-spatial organization);
    • 3 human studies linking fluoride exposure with impaired fetal brain development.

    Based on this accumulating body of research, several prestigious reviews — including a report authored by the U.S. National Research Council, a meta-analysis published by a team of Harvard scientists, and a review published in The Lancet— have raised red flags about the potential for low levels of fluoride to harm brain development in some members of the population.

    In November 2016, FAN, together with a coalition of environmental, medical and health groups served the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a Petition calling on the Agency to ban the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water supplies due to the risks these chemicals pose to the brain.

    This article originally appeared at: http://fluoridealert.org/articles/fluoride-the-brain/.
  • STARTS TOMMORROW: Expert Panel Presents Docu-Series on Vaccines

    STARTS TOMMORROW: Expert Panel Presents Docu-Series on Vaccines

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    According to the HSRA (Government Website) 88 of the 108 cases settled the first quarter of 2016 were for injuries and deaths due to the flu vaccine, making the flu vaccine the most dangerous vaccine in the U.S., harming and killing more people than all the other vaccines put together.

    It’s practically guaranteed that mandated vaccinations will affect our kids, our grandchildren, our parents, our friends and loved ones.

    It’s a horrifying thought, but it’s the reality we’re facing.

    Children’s lives are at stake, and they are suffering and even dying due to ignorance and misinformation about what vaccine risks and injuries really are.

    OUR MISSION

    Our mission is to prevent vaccine injury and death and to promote and protect the right of every person to make informed independent vaccination decisions for themselves and their families.

    We will not stop until the entire world is educated and empowered with knowledge exposing the truth about vaccines.

    The all-or-nothing dynamic that exists with the vaccine hubbub completely polarized the issue and prevents any reasonable discussion from taking place. Either you accept all of the CDC’s recommended 69 doses of 16 vaccines between birth and age 18, or you want to bring back measles, polio, and probably the black plague.

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    Over the last decade, we’ve produced award-winning documentaries providing answers and revealing alternative health solutions. We’ve traveled the world, interviewed the top authorities and filmed thousands of hours to bring the essential facts about GMO’s, Big Pharma and Vaccines to the forefront.

    We’ve launched 3 full-length documentaries on these subjects, and have had over a million people watch our award-winning documentary films online.

    Mandatory vaccinations are about to open up a new land-grab for government control. Other medical issues seem to pale in comparison to forcibly medicating millions against their will. Voluntary and informed consent are essential in our individual rights, and without it, we do not possess true freedom.

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  • He’s healed from PDD, ADHD & more without meds

    He’s healed from PDD, ADHD & more without meds

    Health Freedom Idaho: Evan’s story is amazing, and is possible for many more children! Health Freedom Idaho is committed to protecting our access to a variety of practitioners to meet our individual health needs. 

    Evan began retreating into his own silent world, where he became anxious, and full of rage.  He had global developmental delays, with difficulty speaking, obsessions and compulsions, social, physical and academic difficulties. He developed blue circles under his eyes, and had difficulty sleeping.  His mother took him to doctors, and enrolled him in intensive therapies.  She knew medication would be introduced, but was concerned about the side effects.

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    Through extensive research Evan’s mother discovered that many children are out of balance biochemically and plagued by nutritional deficiencies.  The intestinal system becomes inflamed due to genetic mutations and food intolerance, which results in inflammation and prevents proper metabolic and brain functioning. So Evan’s mother began to focus on treating these imbalances through nutrition and integrative therapies.

    Evan begins to get better through gut healing

    With the help of a naturopath and other supportive doctors Evan’s gut began to heal, and he was able to absorb nutrients properly.  His family added in Eastern medicine treatments such as acupuncture, and saw improvement in all areas of development.

    Evan healed from his PDD, ADHD, sensory issues and is now a healthy boy!

    read more about his story at https://documentinghope.com/evan/
  • Britain Reclassifies CBD Oil as Medicine, While America Throws It in With Heroin

    Britain Reclassifies CBD Oil as Medicine, While America Throws It in With Heroin

    The decision made on Monday by Britain’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was based on credible claims that CBD successfully treats serious diseases. While the DEA has been busy reclassifying cannabidiol (CBD) as a Schedule I drug—right up there with heroin—our friends across the pond are rightly classifying it as a medicine.

    In early December, researchers from the University of Alabama found that CBD oil reduces both the frequency and severity of seizures in children and adults with with severe, intractable epilepsy. In two-thirds of the 81 participants, the severity was reduced by at least 50 percent. In view of the fact that UK-based GW Pharmaceuticals has made huge strides recently with its CBD-based Epidiolex for rare, treatment-resistant epilepsy, the MHRA’s decision makes perfect sense.

    While the DEA has been busy reclassifying cannabidiol (CBD) as a Schedule I drug—right up there with heroin—our friends across the pond are rightly classifying it as a medicine.

    The decision made on Monday by Britain’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) was based on credible claims that CBD successfully treats serious diseases.

    The new classification means products containing CBD can now be legally distributed across the United Kingdom.

    “We have come to the opinion that products containing cannabidiol (CBD) used for medical purposes are a medicine,” said an MHRA spokesperson on the agency’s website. “MHRA will now work with individual companies and trade bodies in relation to making sure products containing CBD, used for a medical purpose, which can be classified as medicines, satisfy the legal requirements of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.”

    Throughout 2016, an increasing number of British Parliament members called for reform of Britain’s “failing drug laws,” arguing that an “evidence-based approach” should be central to effective drugs policies.

    Alas, the government listened and acted accordingly.

    Gerald Heddell, director of inspection and enforcement at MHRA, told Sky News: “The change really came about with us offering an opinion that CBD is in fact a medicine, and that opinion was based on the fact that we noted that people were making some quite stark claims…

     

     

     
    This article originally appeared at: http://lexichronic.com/britain-reclassifies-cbd-oil-as-medicine-while-america-throws-it-in-with-heroin/.