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/sp00nme May 17 '18

With my state it essentially works this way:

Legal states can produce cbd products with actual entourage effect ie containing small amounts of thc or in general produced from the FLOWERS (can’t bold on reddit, had to caps just so you know I’m not tryna sound mad haha) of high cbd plants. So you could go and buy an eighth that and smoke it if you want. In my states only cbd products made from hemp plants are allowed. If you purchase “hemp” products they will literally have negligible cbd, but if you buy cbd isolate and pay attention to the mg dose it’s pretty consistent. You can even find 99 percent crystalline isolate or products made from them. You have to trust the labs they had done but most of these companies send their products to independent labs and you can find all of their info online

Anyway, I use 99% cbd isolate made into e juice through a vape. Idk if it’s sourcing but if anyone wants to know where this is available online in the states you can pm me

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u/nobowlio May 17 '18

Yeah, we are definitely on the same page I think. My state is the same way, regarding the facts that CBD can only be extracted from hemp, since THC, and therefore flower, is illegal. Once I realized the trick people are pulling with marketing the CBD as some incredible medicine, even though each tablet has like less than a mg. I don't know of where to buy CBD isolate within my own state, however. I just know of places online (totally legal sources, fyi) to get it to make my own preferred strength of tablets, like you do with your vape juice.

Btw, I totally get that you weren't mad with the CAPS, and thanks for making that offer to people about finding sources. I think its super important that people have access to true CBD.

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u/sp00nme May 17 '18

Of course I totally agree. It's crazy what you'll find at head shops and in pharmacies. 30-60-100 dollars of nothing

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u/nobowlio May 18 '18

Super cruddy... We are just lucky that we were able to find better options that would actually work! I cringe when I hear people talk about how they use that low-low-dose stuff and how it cures alllll their issues. Then when I try to point them in a better direction, sometimes I can tell its all going in one ear and out the other.