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Britain’s first-ever cannabis pharmacy, selling health and beauty
products made of hemp, is set to open its doors this week.
The pharmacy Carun UK, based in
Twickenham, southwest London, uses the “healing super-powers of hemp” which is
the “ultimate skin savior and well-being booster.”
However, the company said the
products, including oils and hand creams, cannot get their customers high.
RT UK report continues:
“These support our immune system;
restore the balance and health of cells as well as possessing
anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and antibiotic properties,” Carun’s UK managing
director Michal Takac said.
“But no … they will not and cannot
make you high.”
The beauty products are made from
active cannabis extracts which can also be used to treat skin conditions like
acne, rashes and scars. The hemp is grown in the Czech Republic.
“The products are enriched with
cannabis sativa extract which contains anti-inflammatory cannabinoids,” the
company’s website explains.
“These compounds are already
produced naturally by our bodies, and support our immune system, restore the
balance and health of cells, as well as possessing anti-inflammatory,
antiseptic, and antibiotic properties.”
Marijuana has a tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC) level of 20 to 30 percent, which is the chemical that causes the effects
of feeling high. In contrast, Carun products only have a level of only 0.3
percent.
Carun, a Czech company, is not the
first in the UK to sell hemp products. The Body Shop launched a hemp product
range almost 20 years ago.
Another company using hemp is GW
Pharmaceuticals. The British company makes medicines from cannabis, which it
grows in England, with permission from the government. It recently raised US$180m
in New York to fund the development of a treatment for childhood epilepsy.
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