Can CBD get you high?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not quite right to say that CBD\u2014or cannabidiol, which, after THC, is the best-known and most abundant cannabinoid (\u201cactive ingredient\u201d) found in the cannabis plant\u2014isn\u2019t \u201cpsychoactive.\u201d Of course, CBD has some <\/em>effect on the mind; if it didn\u2019t, why would CBD, which adherents say helps alleviate brain-powered problems including insomnia and anxiety, be so popular?<\/p>\n What is<\/em> right is to say is that unlike THC, CBD is \u201cnon-intoxicating.\u201d In fact, CBD is non-intoxicating to a such a degree that you can consume great gobs of the stuff and still be relied upon to safely operate a motor vehicle, according to a recent study<\/a>.<\/p>\n So, can CBD get you high? No. However, this isn\u2019t to say that CBD isn\u2019t without some risks, biological as well as legal. Depending on what CBD formulation a patient is using, and depending on what state they\u2019re in, they may indeed be able to operate a motor vehicle without any issue while on an epic amount of CBD \u2014 while still running the risk of a \u201ccannabis DUI\u201d charge. And depending on what other pharmaceuticals and other drugs a patient may be taking; CBD does carry some risks.<\/p>\n In this most recent study, researchers in Australia\u2014where doctors have written more than 55,000 prescriptions for medicinal CBD since medical cannabis was legalized in 2016<\/a>\u2014gave doses of either a placebo or synthetically derived CBD ranging from 15 milligrams to 1,500 milligrams to 17 study participants. Each participant was then asked to perform basic tasks in a driving simulator between 45 to 75 minutes after taking their dose, and then again between 3.5 to 4 hours later.<\/p>\n And, according to findings published last month in the Journal of Psychopharmacology<\/em><\/a>, even a massive, prescription-only dose of CBD \u201chas no impact on people\u2019s driving or cognitive abilities,\u201d as the University of Sydney, where the lead researchers are employed, reported in a news release.<\/p>\n The question of can CBD get you high?<\/em> has been answered: Not only did the study participants report no feeling of intoxication, but they also exhibited no signs of intoxication whatsoever.<\/p>\n These findings are consistent with past research, and they \u201csuggest that unlike some other drugs, CBD can be used without the\u00a0risk of being unable to operate a motor vehicle,\u201d said Danielle McCartney, the lead researcher and a professor at the University of Sydney\u2019s School of Psychology. \u201cThis could certainly make CBD more appealing than other therapies to some patients (e.g., those with jobs requiring them to operate heavy machinery).<\/p>\n Previous research found that low doses of vaporized CBD also had no impact on driving ability. But the CBD used in the study isn\u2019t the CBD most people are using.<\/p>\n In Australia, it\u2019s already legal for consumers to drive a car while using CBD. The same is true in the US, where neither state nor the federal government imposes any limits on how much CBD can be in the human body while operating a vehicle.<\/p>\n But the same isn\u2019t true for THC. In theory, it\u2019s possible to consume enough CBD oil to trigger a positive result for THC in a drug test, as well as exceed the \u201cper se\u201d limit for cannabis intoxication in states that still have a per se limit.<\/p>\n That\u2019s because in the US, \u201chemp\u201d is classified as cannabis with 0.3 percent or less THC. While formulations and ratios will vary\u2014and while product quality and consistency are issues that continue to bedevil the CBD industry\u2014what this means is that a CBD product<\/a> will likely have some THC, and the larger a dose of CBD, the larger the potential dose of THC.<\/p>\n While that still probably won\u2019t be enough THC to create any kind of intoxicating effect, or at least an effect that the user would recognize as THC-driven intoxication\u2014in part because CBD is a THC agonist, and tends to ameliorate or even eliminate THC\u2019s psychoactive properties\u2014patients in a situation where a drug test could trigger loss of employment or housing should be aware of the risk of a positive drug test, said Dr. Sherry Yafai<\/a>, a Santa-Monica, CA-based physician and board member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really important to highlight that,\u201d Yafai told Cannabis Now. \u201cI bring this up because I do have patients who test positive for THC after using a CBD product, and then get booted out of their pain-management doctor\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n Yafai, who wasn\u2019t involved with the Australian study, was also surprised that study participants reported \u201cno lethargy or sleepiness\u201d even at high doses. \u201cThat\u2019s a little bit strange,\u201d she said. \u201cPractically speaking, a 1500 milligram dose will make most people tired for a couple of days.\u201d<\/p>\n That said, this latest study is the latest demonstration of what should now be accepted as gospel: CBD is non-intoxicating.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s been shown over and over again,\u201d she said. \u201cCBD shouldn\u2019t be considered a drug of intoxication.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Science Confirms: You Can\u2019t Get High on CBD<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Can CBD get you high? It\u2019s not quite right to say that CBD\u2014or cannabidiol, which, after THC, is the best-known and most abundant cannabinoid (\u201cactive ingredient\u201d) found in the cannabis plant\u2014isn\u2019t \u201cpsychoactive.\u201d Of course, CBD has some effect on the mind; if it didn\u2019t, why would CBD, which adherents sayContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,50,136,16244,1697,484,5014,90,536,5040,420],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55205,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55204\/revisions\/55205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Safe at any Speed<\/strong><\/h4>\n
What\u2019s in Your CBD?<\/h4>\n
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