she has been called patient zero for the cbd craze. the most important thing i ll have ever do is help my child and share that information to help others. born with a rare form of epilepsy, charlotte had a sezure every 30 minutes. every one potentially fatal. when nothing helped. this is charlotte s web. her parents gave charlotte the stanley cbd oil. she didn t have a seizure that day. and then she didn t have one the next day. then the next day. i just thought this is insane. that was six years ago. that i think really catapulted cbd into the national limelight as the most favored cannabinoid. cannabis research dr. donald abrams believes that s when the cbd craze began. it was sort of under the
any fatalities. when you talked to the victims, did you tell them what you guys had found? they were quite angry. they weren t expecting that when they walk into a shop that they re going to get a product that has been tainted. in the end law enforcement was unable to pinpoint where these toxic products were coming from. so ultimately with this we were never able to find out exactly who it was that was making it and distributing it. no criminal charges were filed. and that is a consequence of the cbd craze. in the middle of this circus, countless people got sick, and the people to blame simply disappeared. after it s all said and done, it shocked me too that with such a simple thing can do so much damage to me, almost killed me. that is not what should be happening to a product that you just buy, you know, at any
Transcripts for CNN Weed 5 The CBD Craze 20190930 03:33:15 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
who s been following the cbd craze very closely. hey, lisa. hey, how are you. how are you doing? nice to see you. nice to see you. thanks for making some time. lisa gill is an investigative reporter for consumer reports. that s the bible for mainstream consumer products, an unexpected place to read about cbd. there are thousands upon thousands of products across the united states on store shelves and not even counting what s online. mints, lotions, oils, bath balms, gummies, popcorn, what is this? looks like a joint. yeah, and it smells like marijuana. smell that. i feel like i would totally get busted. i would, too. i swear, officer, it s cbd. it s totally all kidding aside. this is where it gets confusing. for decades cannabis, including cbd, has been illegal federally.
antihistamines, anti-depressants. it s not entirely benign, and that s one of my concerns about the widespread use of cbd. that s medicine in that bag? that s what i think. trying to prove it. when i first met donald abrams for years ago he was on the cutting edge of cannabis research. so much promise then, but he says not much progress now. he does still believe in the potential healing power of marijuana but is concerned about cbd alone. the cbd craze that we re in i think is unprecedented really in the history of medicine. it s a compound that has gotten way ahead of any research to support the claims that are being made. abrams was part of the team of doctors in 2017 with the national academy of sciences that did what is considered the most comprehensive review of all the studies done on the benefits of cannabis. there are only about five in the medical literature, studies