CBD

Good to Know

Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-intoxicating component of the cannabis plant with enormous therapeutic potential.

Although CBD doesn’t make people feel high like THC does, its’s causing quite a buzz among scientists, health professionals, and medical marijuana patients who are using CBD-rich products to treat a wide range of conditions – Chronic Pain, Cancer, Crohn’s, Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, PTSD, Cardiovascular Disease, Anxiety, Antibiotic-Resistant Infections, Multiple Sclerosis, Schizophrenia, and more.

Full Spectrum vs. Isolate

Single-molecule CBD will inevitably become a federally approved Big Pharma medicine. Products infused with a crystalline CBD isolate, derived and extensively refined from industrial hemp, are already being marketed by unregulated internet storefronts.

But single-molecule CBD is less effective therapeutically than whole plant CBD-rich oil extract. Scientific studies have established that synthetic, single-molecule CBD has a very narrow therapeutic window and requires precise, high doses for efficacy, whereas lower dose, whole-plant, CBD-rich treatment regimens are already showing efficacy for many conditions among patients in medical marijuana states.

Whether synthesized in a Big Pharma lab or derived from industrial hemp, single-molecule CBD lacks critical secondary cannabinoids and other medicinal compounds found in high-resin cannabis strains. These compounds interact with CBD and THC to enhance their therapeutic benefits. Scientists call this the “entourage effect.” Numerous cannabis compounds have medicinal attributes, but the therapeutic impact of whole plant cannabis (Full Spectrum CBD) is greater than the sum of its parts.