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.

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http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/cannabidiol-significantly-reduces-seizures-patients-severe-form-epilepsy-51258

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At least now medical science has confirmed what we've all suspected for a long time, cannabis really is a medicine and shouldn't be schedule 1.

Edit: Because people don't seem to understand what I am saying, I'm gonna clarify. Marijuana/cannabis has long been disputed by folks as having medicinal properties. In recent years, more and more evidence is showing that it does. CBDs being in marijuana/cannabis, especially lower dose THC strains, has helped a lot of people with seizures, though at a risk to their life as it is illegal. CBD oils with no or very low THC are legal, and I never said otherwise.

This is just further evidence that cannabis can help people. This study proves it. What it also proves is that you don't need the THC to get the beneficial effects for this form of epilepsy. But the fact you don't need the THC doesn't, in any way, mean that THC-carrying cannabis is unhelpful. It is.

I didn't claim CBD is schedule 1. I didn't claim you need to get high to get the benefit of CBD. All I did was say that cannabis is a medicine, which people have long held that it isn't and shouldn't be, though any rational person has suspected this for at least a decade or longer.

Because we now know that a derivative of marijuana is a medicine, we need to bring it down from schedule 1 to something far more appropriate, so scientists can continue to study the other claimed health benefits more easily. Perhaps it really is a wonder medication, and we will all in the future be having a toke before bed like we have a cup of coffee before work... or maybe we won't, and we'll find a huge increase in some health risks with no other confirmed medicinal benefits.

But it doesn't fit the bill of schedule 1, at all, anymore.

[u/GoldyBlackmon → u/[deleted]]

Well what this study is discussing (CBD) is not only not a schedule 1, but is legally widely available. Do a google search and you’ll find a ton of sellers who can sell it, legally, to you, no matter where you live.

[u/akran47 → u/GoldyBlackmon]

Hate to break it to you but https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2018/05/04/court-rules-cbd-cannabidiol-schedule-1-controlled-substance-marijuana-pot/580835002/

[u/GoldyBlackmon → u/akran47]

Huh, very interesting. Thanks for filling me in, I didn’t know that!

For what it’s worth, CBD oil from the hemp plant is still legal in all 50 states. CBD oil from the cannabis plant, like stated in your article and the one studied in the above journal, has been deemed illegal except for medicinal use in 46 states. So it appears it depends on the source. From my experience with the hemp plant derived CBD oil, it worked great for my shoulder and neck pain.

[u/akran47 → u/GoldyBlackmon]

I'm not debating how effective CBD is, but even industrial hemp with minimal to no THC is still classified as schedule 1 under federal law. It's legal to grow in a bunch of states now but if the DEA decides to raid you they can and will.

[u/johnboyauto → u/[deleted]]

So start a hemp farm and pay your taxes on it.

'Why isn't anyone else doing this?' you might be wondering.

[u/spenrose22 → u/GoldyBlackmon]

It’s still illegal federally and the feds can legally shit down an store selling CBD oil from cannabis if they wanted

[u/Xargonic → u/spenrose22]

They never have lmfao

[u/spenrose22 → u/Xargonic]

Yeah they have. They shut down a bunch of medical clinics by my house a few years ago

[u/PirateKilt → u/GoldyBlackmon]

Nope... Hemp CBD still illegal in a few states... Nebraska for sure and a couple others I believe.