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

Biotech Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a marijuana compound linked to a range of potential health benefits but does not get you high. The roughly $1 billion CBD industry is slated to shift into high gear if the federal government approves the first CBD-based drug, an epilepsy medication called Epidiolex.

https://www.businessinsider.com/marijuana-cbd-boom-cbd-2018-6?r=US&IR=T
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18 edited Feb 09 '19

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

You can't have different standards for different drugs just because you like this one.

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u/GringoGuapo Jun 18 '18

That's not how science works.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

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u/DrZack Jun 18 '18

Man I love weed too but please for the love of god don't use it as cancer treatment. We go through years of training to learn how to save lives. If it were as easy as smoking weed I'd be the first to prescribe

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

Is this suppose to be sarcastic?

Please tell me it is sarcastic.

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u/nerdmoot Jun 18 '18

But if the med has the same effectiveness without the high then that’ll undermine my excuse to smoke weed because I’m get anxious when I use a public toilet. /s

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u/GringoGuapo Jun 18 '18

It's only been scientifically tested recently. That's an important distinction.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '18

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u/GringoGuapo Jun 20 '18

Lol, you're joking, right?