# What's the deal with CBD?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cbd/1015056>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cbd/1015056 "2025-03-03T04:30:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cbd/1015056/21 "2025-03-03T23:43:24Z")

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CBD hype far exceeds solid science backing its use.

> **[Beneath the CBD Hype Lies a Lot of Uncertainty](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/beneath-cbd-hype-lies-lot-uncertainty)**
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> Searching for CBD on the website of the SQDC returns nearly 1,000 search results. The SQDC is the Quebec-government-owned corporation responsible for selling recreational cannabis to the people. Like all plants, cannabis contains numerous naturally...

As noted, there’s _one_ prescription form of CBD approved in the U.S. for treating two rare seizure disorders in children.

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cbd/1015056/22 "2025-03-04T09:58:11Z")

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I had always heard when you smoked cheap seedy weed and got a headache, that was because so much CBD over THC.

In the UK CBD is sold for vapes and as an oil. I’ve only tried in a soft drink, called Trip. It says all that stuff about relaxing and reviews say relaxing without alcohol. From my and my wife’s limited experience with two four-packs over a few weeks, I can’t say there’s a noticeable effect or that any could be a placebo type effect or confirmation bias, whichever.

ETA: Trip and other CBD infused drinks are “age appropriate” so 18, like Red Bull.

Pot / THC aren’t legal here though I have read about people with kids with bad cases of epilepsy go to the Netherlands to get Hemp Oil which they say helps. What customs would do, no idea.

“Ooh a head bag! Those are chock full of heady goodness!” - Apu (Simpsons)

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cbd/1015056/23 "2025-03-04T12:52:31Z")

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Anecdote: I find it useful as a topical for muscle pain.

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**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-cbd/1015056/24 "2025-03-04T13:35:52Z")

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> [@steronz](#):
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> I have friends who swear by it, but based on the specifics of who those people are, it just reenforces the idea that’s it’s a placebo. They’ve all fallen for similar fads in the past.

Yeah, this is a key data point for me. Did the person who swears by CBD also swear by every other health fad in recent history? Pass, not interested.

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