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6 Common Myths and Controversies About High-CBD Cannabis - Purple Power - 03-13-2018
6 Common Myths and Controversies About High-CBD Cannabis
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Dr. Dustin Sulak
March 12, 2018
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Cannabidiol (CBD) is an exciting focus of medical research, popular media, and legislation related to cannabis.Its presence is becoming ubiquitous on the shelves of health food stores and search engine results for numerous medical conditions, but dont believe everything you hear. While CBD is an incredibly safe and therapeutic component of cannabis, there are many myths and misconceptions associated with it. Lets take a look at a few.
Myth #1: CBD is non-psychoactive and medical; THC is recreational.
Both lay and scientific literature have classified CBD as a non-psychoactive substance, meaning that it does not alter ones consciousness. But how could CBD fail to impact consciousness when its been shown to have anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic, anti-craving, alerting, and mood-elevating effects in human studies?
CBD clearly impacts our psyche, often in beneficial ways. It does not, however, impair mental or physical function in most consumers, even very high doses. Thus, CBD can be considered psychoactive, but non-impairing or non-intoxicating.
Most Leafly readers have already recognized and overcome the false dichotomy that CBD is the medical part of the plant and THC is for recreation. THC is clearly medicinalhundreds of clinical trials have demonstrated that THC has remarkable and very relevant medicinal properties.
If THC is both medical and recreational, can the same be said about CBD? Likely not. While CBD clearly has medicinal benefits, very few people would want to use it for recreation. CBD does not produce a rewarding or strongly pleasurable effect. Its use in animal and human studies is not associated with euphoria, craving, compulsive use, or any other sign that would indicate it has recreational uses or drug abuse liability.....
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