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The Potential Benefits and Controversies Surrounding CBD Use
TLDR CBD, a chemical extracted from cannabis, has gained popularity for its potential benefits in treating various conditions, including epilepsy, anxiety, and sleep disorders. However, there is still much unknown about its mechanism of action and effectiveness, and the lack of regulation in the market poses risks for consumers.
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CBD, a chemical extracted from cannabis, is being added to various products and claimed to have numerous benefits, despite being a Schedule 1 drug, but the DEA generally isn't going after people who use it.
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A mother's twin daughter, Charlotte, began experiencing seizures at three months old, and despite trying numerous medications, nothing seemed to work.
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Charlotte, who was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome, was experiencing frequent seizures and her mother, Page, began researching the potential benefits of CBD in preventing seizures.
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A pot grower named Joel Stanley provided a strain of cannabis with high CBD content to Charlotte, a five-year-old with epilepsy, and after giving her the CBD oil, her seizures stopped.
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CBD, initially used to treat epilepsy, has become a popular remedy for various ailments and is now being used by millions of consumers for anxiety, sleep, cancer, MS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, among other conditions.
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CBD advocates claim that CBD can interact with the endocannabinoid system in the human body, but scientists have found that CBD does not actually bind to the receptors in this system.
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CBD's mechanism of action in the brain is still unknown, and there is a lack of convincing studies on its effectiveness for anxiety and other conditions, partly due to the difficulty of obtaining funding for research on a Schedule 1 drug.
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CBD products on the market are often inaccurately labeled, with 70% of products having labels that don't match the actual CBD content and 1 in 5 products containing THC, posing risks of getting high and potential interactions with other medications.
