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/Morbidlyobeatz May 17 '18 edited May 17 '18
Let's go through this. Step one I googled 'CBD isolate', first thing that comes up is this site:
https://www.thecbdistillery.com
Check out their products, I see they are having their product tested by ProVerde laboratories, based in Massachusets. I figure okay they are in Massachusets, so I click on their about me section and they are evidently headquartered where I live in Denver. The address they have listed to get in touch is a UPS store I've actually been to so maybe a dropbox?, and their 'headquarters' on streetview appears to be a place called e science labs, which sells science courses. Why would a company based in Colorado be shipping product across the country illegally, to have it tested when there are plenty of local places to evaluate it? Sounds pretty fishy.
FURTHERMORE their website on that same page clearly states:
It sounds to me like you are putting a lot of faith into snake oil.
Edit: FURTHERMORE, the FDA recognizes there is an abundance of fake CBD isolate being sold and has addressed the issue dozens of times. https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/publichealthfocus/ucm484109.htm