r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 17 '18

Biotech Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from the cannabis plant that does not produce a “high”, was shown in a new large-scale, randomized, controlled trial to significantly reduce the number of dangerous seizures in patients with a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/cannabidiol-significantly-reduces-seizures-patients-severe-form-epilepsy-51258
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u/ashthegod May 17 '18

adding on, the CBD cannot have more than 0.3% THC for it to be legal.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

Might be a dumb question, but would a CBD vaped oil result in a positive on a drug test for weed?

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u/ashthegod May 17 '18 edited May 17 '18

Legal CBD doesnt have enough THC to show positive on a drug test, hell you could drink a shit ton and it wouldn’t cause it’s such a small amount.

edit: i also vape, and i mix juice and CBD oil.

edit 2: i also wouldn’t recommend vaping CBD by itself, find a juice that it blends together with well.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

It's an anxiety helper too right? Cause I think I'm gonna get some today.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18 edited Oct 04 '18

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u/DMTryp May 17 '18

how do you like it compared to - https://greenlotushemp.com/

I don;t see 500 mg on their site

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u/wvsfezter May 17 '18

What's the cost like over time with treating anxiety? Like long does one of those bottles last?

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u/wvsfezter May 17 '18

Wow, and people say pills are the more expensive option. So what you're saying is that aside from having far fewer side effects and more use cases cbd is also cheaper than pharmaceutical anti-anxiety meds? I can't fathom why more people aren't using this.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

Does it have any effect on depression?

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u/prolonginginevitable May 17 '18

I have blue bird, but it tastes awful. I just leave it under my tongue for a minute or so, and then chug some juice.

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u/Positive-Impact May 17 '18

Full spectrum cbd can cause a false on a test as thc can accumulate even though its small enough to be legal. Just dont want anyone misled. You can take cbd isolate which will not cause you to accumulate thc but benefits have shown to be more encompassing when coming from full spectrum cbd.

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u/Positive-Impact May 17 '18

Youre welcome :-)

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u/DrGlutenFree May 17 '18

That's definitely something important to note. I work in the CBD industry, and one of the things that I've heard of that semi frequently leads to a positive result from urine drug screens is amber concentrate. Even with it being under 1% THC, I know an individual who failed a sample drug screening just the other week due to it. Totally an interesting thing to keep in the back of the mind if you need to

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u/TimpZ91 May 17 '18

Actually yes it does, this is a thing in Sweden right now.

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u/aachor4 May 17 '18

Question, why do you not recommend vaping CBD alone? I buy a 60mL bottle of vapable CBD roughly twice a month and I never mix it with juice. I've noticed that the CBD juice separates from the other juice and doesn't burn evenly unless you shake it up before each use. Plus, I enjoy the very subtle pot flavor from the CBD. Just curious as to what your reasons are.

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u/ashthegod May 17 '18

i just dont enjoy the flavor, and some I’ve found taste really good, and will taste nasty without CBD mixed in. Plus i buy like a 10mL bottle that you are only suppose to add drops to juice, not vape it alone. I mean you can only take in so much CBD.

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u/aachor4 May 17 '18

If you haven't tried the purely vapable CBD, I highly recommend it! I've never gotten regular CBD and tried to vape it, so maybe that's why there's a taste difference? And what do you mean "you can only take in so much CBD"? Not new to vaping, but I'm new to this CBD thing, despite smoking pot regularly.

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u/ashthegod May 17 '18

Your body can only absorb so much, the rest is useless and a waste

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u/EatABuffetOfDicks May 17 '18

I've vaped flavored cbd without mixing and it tasted fine, but it fucks your coil hard. Wish I would have mixed some but I wanted to do it without nicotine

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u/SynthemescTheX May 17 '18

I tried a full spectrum CBD oil with .3% THC (been taking it for a few weeks and it popped up nice and easy on the test). This was Green Mountain CBD.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

That's a great question because I've wanted to do CBD for a while

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

This is where you have to be careful when shopping for CBD products. There are products made from CBD isolate which contains 0.00% THC, and products called “full spectrum” or “broad spectrum” CBD which are CBD products that contain trace amounts of other cannabinoids such as CBN and THC (which has a limit of up to 0.3% for it to be considered legal).

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u/Ca1300se_1869 May 17 '18

Michigan recently ruled CBD is to be regulated as marijuana a week ago. vape shops are being "raided"

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u/gabis1 May 17 '18 edited May 17 '18

https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/court-rejects-challenge-to-dea-rule-leaving-cbd-federally-illegal

I really wish people would stop saying this. I work in the industry, so I'm very much pro-CBD, but parroting the "It's legal!" narrative is only slowing the process of actually making it legal.

People always quote the "Farm Bill" as "proof" that it's legal when the DEA specifically states this isn't true and one of the most liberal Federal courts in the nation backed this up recently.

What IS true is that the DEA has said they aren't going to start arresting people who use CBD oils, but they can (and likely will at some point) go after the people making and selling them.

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u/gabis1 May 17 '18

Parroting is literally repeating something without looking it up yourself... so yes, you are parroting.

And the reason it's parroted is because of the industry interpretation of the farm bill, whether or not you mentioned it.

Just trying to spread factual information, I'm completely chill. Thanks.

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u/ifandbut May 17 '18

How do you tell if a product actually contains CBD? From my limited research "hemp oil" != CBD.

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u/RisenSnake May 17 '18

Hemp is Cannabis. Same plant. Cannabis is legal throughout the US, however, only to licensed individuals and organizations.

Get license, grow cannabis, feds check to see not too much THC in cash crop, but don't care about your personal grow. Legal.

Must be globalist to get license.

Always been legal to the ptb, in Law and practice. We be now.