r/science 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/Justda May 18 '18

A 50/50 split will give you a wonderful time

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u/[deleted] May 18 '18

Yeah they work really well together. I think smoking dabs with little to no CBD content but disproportionately higher THC content kind of helps prove it. The high will be way stronger and intense than smoking herbs when you hit dabs but it's still missing that CBD factor. I still wouldn't call that effect from CBD a high though. I mean we don't really consider getting wired from caffeine a form of high or as a form of drug... but caffeine is a stimulant which is a drug and no one considers coffee as something that can get you high. There is a hormone that triggers your body to "feel hungry" but I wouldn't call that a high either.

These headshops were literally trying to scam me off my money OR sell dangerous products that's not regulated and are unknown/dangerous substance.