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Quality is sleep is crucial to emotional, mental and physical health. Yet, 50-70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders and more than 60% of American adults reports having sleep disturbances [1]. In this article, we explore the importance of sleep and how CBD can help you sleep like a baby.

CBD has a long and rich history with mankind. Humans have been cultivating cannabis since almost 4000 years BCE. In 1533, scientists and physicians began studying the medical benefits of cannabis. In the mid-1950s, when scientists could extract cannabidiol and prove that CBD is a non-psychoactive component of the cannabis plant, the study and subsequent legal battle for CBD began. 

Anxiety is not our default state but is a critical adaptive response that helps us stay alert to threats in our environment. However, anxiety can become chronic and tremendously impact our quality of life. Unfortunately, the common way to treating anxiety is through prescription drugs which often come with unwanted side effects.

In recent years, CBD has generated great interest and has been shown in research to have significant anxiolytic effects. 

CBD has become a highly sought-after compound in recent years, taking the natural products industry by storm after receiving highly publicized exposure in the media. Since then, CBD products have been populating shelves of doctors offices, medical marijuana dispensaries and grocery stores alike.

Why has it become so famous, and why so recently? Is it safe? Should you take it? That’s why Pure Ratios wrote this guide: to answer all your important questions.