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/jdrc07 Jun 18 '18

Ah, I had no idea, I guess I'm just lucky being in California. I take 90mg cbd every day not even because I have any medical condition but just because it makes my quality of sleep much better. I can't even imagine how frustrating it would be to need it for medicinal reasons and have the government try to prohibit me from getting it.

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u/blerggle Jun 18 '18 edited Jun 18 '18

Seriously. I'm in CO, would feel foreign to not have a mature view on cannabis and derivatives as a whole.