Brad Ingram, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, said about all the wild uses for CBD now. “It’s the monster that has taken over the room,” Dr. From oils and nasal sprays to lollipops and suppositories, it seems no place is too sacred for CBD. Just as hemp seedlings are sprouting up across the United States, so is the marketing. Part of CBD’s popularity is that it purports to be “nonpsychoactive,” and that consumers can reap health benefits from the plant without the high (or the midnight pizza munchies).
Although last year’s Farm Bill legalized hemp under federal law, it also preserved the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of products derived from cannabis.ĬBD is advertised as providing relief for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. THC can lead to addiction and cravings CBD is being studied to help those in recovery.Ĭannabis containing 0.3 percent or less of THC is hemp. THC can increase anxiety it is not clear what effect CBD is having, if any, in reducing it. THC is psychoactive, and CBD may or may not be, which is a matter of debate. And Martha Stewart’s French bulldog partakes, too.Ĭannabidiol, or CBD, is the lesser-known child of the cannabis sativa plant its more famous sibling, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the active ingredient in pot that catapults users’ “high.” With roots in Central Asia, the plant is believed to have been first used medicinally - or for rituals - around 750 B.C., though there are other estimates too.Ĭannabidiol and THC are just two of the plant’s more than 100 cannabinoids. The professional golfer Bubba Watson drifts off to sleep with it. Kim Kardashian West, for example, turned to the product when “freaking out” over the birth of her fourth baby. Chronic pain, insomnia and depression follow behind. More than 60 percent of CBD users have taken it for anxiety, according to a survey of 5,000 people, conducted by the Brightfield Group, a cannabis market research firm. Already, the plant extract is being added to cheeseburgers, toothpicks and breath sprays. The CBD industry is flourishing, conservatively projected to hit $16 billion in the United States by 2025.
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