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Drugs for dogs
Slope CBD vendor offers line for pooches
By Ben Verde
Brooklyn Paper
That’s some good shih
tzu! Park Slope’s newest CBD
retailer carries hemp-derived
products tailor-made for man’s
best friend — offering a natural
way for nervous pups to
wind down after a long day
at the park, the store’s owner
says.
“They can benefit from
the anti-inflammatory properties
of CBD and also from
the neuro-protective calming
products of CBD,” said Dominique
Pastorello.
Your CBD Store, which
opened this week on Fifth
Avenue near Union Street
offers several fido-oriented
products, including dog treats
and bacon and peanut butter
flavored tincture oils.
Pastorello says she’s already
had a number of fuzzy
customers patronize her petfriendly
store, which sells
that does not contain THC —
the ingredient in Marijuana
that gets users “high” — has
become massively popular in
recent years. Users sing the
praises of the hemp plant’s
ability to relieve stress and
pain, without any of the mindaltering
effects of Marijuana,
including paranoia, fatigue,
and drowsiness.
There is however no scientific
evidence that cannabinoids
helps dogs — or humans
— and the Food and
Drug Administration is yet to
approve the substance for use
in animals or people.
Dogs are able to use CBD
because pooches, like all
mammals, have endocannabinoids
in their brain, meaning
that they react to cannabis
products essentially the
same way humans do.
CBD is offered in many
forms, including oils, beauty
products, and vape cartridges,
but pet products are among
the fastest-growing CBD
products, with sales expected
to reach $125 million
by 2022.
Your CBD Store, a Florida
based chain with over 600
locations, opened their Park
Slope location this month —
the first in the five boroughs.
The store offers higher quality
CBD products that have
been tested by third party labs
to make sure they’re safe for
consumption.
Fuzzy
Brooklyn
remedies for ailments including
joint and muscle
pain, seizures, and separation
anxiety.
“We love meeting everybody’s
animals,” Pastorello
said. “The best thing about
Park Slope is that everyone
has a cute dog.”
CBD, a derivative of hemp
By Kevin Duggan
Brooklyn Paper
Authorities reopened
Brooklyn Technical High
School following three-hourlong
evacuation in response to
a threat Thursday morning.
Staff at the school at Fort
Greene Place and Dekalb Avenue
received the threat via
email and alerted police at 8
am, cops said.
Students were evacuated
to a gym at nearby Long Island
University, to Fort Greene
Park, and to Fowler Square at
Fulton Street and Lafayette
Avenue, according to footage
uploaded to the crime-reporting
app Citizen.
Long Island University
closed down last August in
Rufus doesn’t have a care in the world thanks to his
tincture oils.
Evacuation at Brooklyn Tech
response to threats made on
social media.
Cops investigated the scene
and gave the all clear to reopen
Photo by Jessica Parks
the school and let students and
faculty back in at 11:15 am,
according to spokesman Detective
Martin Brown.
One student heard rumors
that the email contained a
bomb threat, but was relieved
to leave the LIU gym — where
he’d waited for hours — after
police gave the all clear.
“I’m pretty sure we all want
to go home at this point, we’ve
been sitting in the LIU gym for
the past two-and-a-half hours,”
said Preston.”I’m glad it’s not
a real bomb though.”
Several parents took their
students home for the day, according
to another pupil, while
other scholars simply left of
their own accord.
“I think a couple students
got picked up by their parents,”
said Jeffrey. “A lot more just
didn’t go into school, they just
straight up left.”
Police evacuated Brooklyn Technical High School
due to a threat sent by email Thursday morning.
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