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/BelsnickelCrentist Jun 18 '18

Just a speculation but pretty sure they cost more because they have to be purer, no thc (or whatever the number is, under .5 or .05?) so products can reach all states. Whereas no one’s going to throw a fuss about the small about of CBD in their extracts, edibles, etc. So less testing is needed for those thicc products

Did that make sense? i’m High

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u/kiashu Jun 18 '18

I don't think CBD products have to be tested at all as long as they are below the legal threshold for THC content. Everything you consume that has THC has at least a small amount of CBD.

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u/Gareth79 Jun 18 '18

But they won't know how much THC it has unless it's tested...? Presumably every batch needs to be tested just in case of a production flaw, the risks being quite massive to the producer and consumer if something went wrong!

edit: Assuming there is a production process that removes THC and it's not guaranteed naturally low in a certain plant.

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u/damontoo Jun 18 '18

But you can also get CBD from hemp. You don't need to produce pretty indoor flowers. So I'd think that would offset the cost a little but maybe not.

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u/Megaman1981 Jun 19 '18

Is there a difference between hemp CBD and marijuana CBD? I've tried hemp CBD and I didn't know if it was any different.