How this CBD leader is joining the fight against bullying
Bullying happens everywhere. It can occur in the workplace, school or even at home, and it can have mentally-damaging effects to people of any age. However, going through such a traumatic event during childhood has long and lasting effects that can stretch to adulthood.
According to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the risks translate to sowing suicidal thoughts. The January 2018 study, cited in the Science Daily, said about 15 percent of children who have suffered from “the most severe levels of victimization” starting early education years through high school, are the ones likely to be suicidal.
“Those children were at greater risk of debilitating depressive/dysthymic symptoms or anxiety and of suicidality in adolescence than less severely victimized children, even after we accounted for a plethora of confounders assessed throughout childhood,” said Marie-Claude Geoffroy, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, with coauthors.
The authors of the research noted that the results coincided with several other studies on bullying victims; severe peer victimization serves as a trigger in creating problems in one’s mental health conditions during adolescence.
“Therefore, it is important to prevent severe victimization early in the lifespan,” the authors of the research recommended.
Although bullying victims have mostly been the ones attempted to be assisted, research has shown that the perpetrators are equally damaged and also need saving.
A study conducted by Warwick University in the United Kingdom and Duke University in the United States found that school bullies were also more likely to grow up into adult criminals, BBC reported.
Surveying over 1,400 people between the ages of 9 and 26, the study found that “pure bullies” were more likely to have been fired from their workplace, went through a violent relationship and have conducted illegal acts such as getting drunk, taking drugs, fighting, lying and having one-night stands with strangers.
“We cannot continue to dismiss bullying as a harmless, almost inevitable, part of growing up. We need to change this mindset and acknowledge this as a serious problem for both the individual and the country as a whole; the effects are long-lasting and significant,” said Professor Dieter Wolke of the University of Warwick.
Because of the growing awareness of the dangers of bullying on both victims and perpetrators, the private sector has stepped up to prevent such activities.
Among the most vocal about its passion to stop bullying is cannabis industry leader PotNetwork Holdings, Inc. (OTCMKTS:POTN) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Diamond CBD, Inc., and its joint-venture with the cause-related marketing partner, Exponential, Inc. (XPO²).
Founded by French-American entrepreneur Dom Einhorn, XPO² develops and promotes an impact investing platform for thoroughly vetted non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the world who desire to make a social change through their individual causes.
With this joint venture, programs on bullying will be launched. Among these is funding The Bully Rehab Awareness Gym (BRAG), which is situated in Yuma, Arizona. The joint venture will also financially assist up-and-coming Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter, Tyler Yogi Hinton, a protege of the gym’s founder, Carlos Flores.
The Bully Rehab Awareness Gym is popular around the world today because of its mission to inspire the youth to take a part in putting a stop to bullying.
Diamond CBD, Inc. recently announced that it has allocated financial support for the gym and the athletes. This is prompted by its belief that supporting the fastest growing sport on the planet — with now more than 300 million MMA fans as per Nielsen Sports — will pay a long-term effect on the society. The influence it has on the society allows people to have a passion for things that are worth enriching.
MMA is a full-contact sport with elements of striking and grappling from various martial arts and disciplines, including Boxing, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karate and Muay Thai.
Hopefully, through efforts like these, children will be empowered to take on a firm stance against bullying and to do what is right. Such practice, if it engages more people to take part, will hopefully spread to a higher-level community and eventually not only across the United States but also in the whole world.
