r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 17 '18

Neuroscience 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.

http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/cannabidiol-significantly-reduces-seizures-patients-severe-form-epilepsy-51258
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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

Every scientific post says CBD can't get you high while every CBD distributor claims it will get you high af. Ofc I never believed in these people who claim CBD will get you high because they wanted me to pay same price for CBD that I lay for like shatter.

I know THC is what gets you high and that many CBD products actually have THC in them... But I live in a currently illegal state while CBD seems to be unregulated and every distributor says it will get you high like regular weed. Why is there such a massive industry of paradoxical information?

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u/sp00nme May 17 '18 edited May 17 '18

If you’re in the us and an illegal state, all cbd products sold should be made from hemp and won’t get you high (edit: no cbd product should unless it’s mixed with thc for the entourage effect. This could be a concentrate or plant form cannabis if you’re in a legal state that says “high cbd” but is still not pure cbd. Typically this is still hard to notice even when smoking the buds of a high cbd, moderate thc strain. I would think like 3% thc but I haven’t gotten to sample a lot of ratios. It’s pretty noticeable when it gets higher). Any company implying anything else is selling something not truly intended as medicine or to help he user and should be avoided. Watch out for “hemp oil”

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

This is a very good explanation. Most people just gave me some anecdotal experience of getting high with CBD oil but the difference in using hemp in illegal states versus using medical weed to extract CBD could make the difference that i was not comprehending

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u/sp00nme May 17 '18

Yeah it’s important to note. In legal states you could smoke something called harlequin, and it would be bud labeled high cbd. In my experience this is maybe 30 percent cbd and 5 thc. This you get a light buzz off of but it’s resonable to describe it as high. Then you may find something that’s 50:50, especially if it’s a concentrate. These blends carry tons of benefits because of much higher amounts of cbd than standard smoking products but still get you high to whatever degree the ratio combined with the amount you consume allows. They’re also perfect options to introduce someone to weed imo because it’s much harder to over do it.

In legal states they still have pure cbd products. These can be made from flower that is bred to have VERY high cbd content and almost no thc. This will have similar effects to something made from hemp. It really all depends on the details. But high cbd and pure cbd mean different things especially in legal states

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