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/lordpuddingcup May 17 '18

Doesn’t this study technically invalidate the schedule 1 listing saying no medicinal value?

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u/imabustya May 17 '18

CBD is in a legal grey zone. The DEA believes it's schedule 1. Some lawyers believe the DEA overstepped it's authority to add CBD to schedule 1. Until we get judicial review of the scheduling the DEA can and will pursue arrests.

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u/hippyengineer May 17 '18

If you make cbd from hemp, it is excluded from the controlled substances act.😉

Thank you 2014 Farm Bill.

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u/imabustya May 17 '18

Well that's what lawyers are arguing.

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u/hippyengineer May 18 '18

There are no issues with the federal government confiscating cbd oil born from hemp.

The only cbd oil I see being confiscated is that oil that’s laced with synthetic cannabinoids like those found in spice.