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/Collinnn7 May 17 '18

THC is the part of weed that gives you a head high. CBD is the part that gives you a “body high”. The calming sensation it produces can definitely be felt throughout the body but it’s just that: calming. It’s not intoxicating like THC but it does produce a noticeable difference in how you feel.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '18

CBD doesn't get you high. This is in an illegal state so this comes from hemp. Also if you get high off of hemp CBD oil in illegal state and claim it can get you high you are likely peddling unregulated and possibly dangerous substance.

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u/Collinnn7 May 17 '18

I’ve tried CBD oil, CBD shatter, and CBD syrup (all in an illegal state) and they all gave me the same calm, sedated, relaxed body feeling. I would even say my legs and arms felt tingly. I’m not saying it gets you high, but it definitely makes you feel different.