# Could CBD help opioid users overcome addiction?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2020
- Speaker: Yasmin Hurd
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/yasmin_hurd_could_cbd_help_opioid_users_overcome_addiction)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Could CBD, a chemical compound found in the cannabis plant, help treat opioid addiction? Neuroscientist Yasmin Hurd discusses why current treatment strategies, such as methadone, aren't enough to end the opioid epidemic -- and shares how CBD could help reduce the cravings and anxiety associated with drug use and relapse, potentially providing a new, safe and nonaddictive therapy.

## Lectures

1. [Could CBD help opioid users overcome addiction?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/yasmin_hurd_could_cbd_help_opioid_users_overcome_addiction/c204c3bec8d2), 13 min (TED's player)