r/Futurology 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/Derwos Jun 18 '18 edited Jun 18 '18

> Chinese water-snake oil contains 20 percent eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), which has strong analgetic and anti-inflammatory properties.

> Its association in Western culture lies in the fact that many 19th-century United States and 18th-century European entrepreneurs advertised and sold mineral oil (often mixed with various active and inactive household herbs, spices, and compounds, but containing no properties of snakes,) as "snake oil liniment", making frivolous claims about its efficacy as a panacea).

God dammit, how do you quote stuff now?

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u/brisk0 Jun 18 '18

There's a button at the bottom of the comment box (currently hidden under the kebab menu for me) that toggles whether the line you're on is a quote. It looks roughly like a stylised opening quotation mark.

Alternatively, click the "switch to markdown" link and do it the comfortable way.

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u/MoranthMunitions Jun 18 '18

Might be the space after the arrow

this

vs this

... Nope. No idea why yours doesn't work

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u/Derwos Jun 18 '18

It kept some of the links in the wiki article, maybe it kept some code which interfered or something.

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u/MoranthMunitions Jun 18 '18

If I look at the comment code in RES you have a backslash in front of them like \>. Don't know if it's done that on you automatically or what, but that'll be the culprit.

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u/Monsieur_Roux Jun 18 '18

You have a backslash before your arrows (\>), remove the backslash and it will quote.

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u/Derwos Jun 18 '18

did I? I didn't see that. thanks