CBD vape Juice and why is becoming popular in UK
Sales of CBD cannabis have exploded in the UK for a few months. With less than 1% THC, this hemp is totally legal, but impossible to distinguish from its cousin. The police say they are annoyed.
Spray, liquid for electronic cigarettes, oil or in its classic form of dried flower, CBD is in various forms and is now sold everywhere in the UK, on the internet and in several stores.
CBD or Cannabidiol is actually the name of a molecule found in cannabis. THC, responsible for the psychotropic effect of the plant, is reduced to less than 1%, making this herb 100% legal. In return, the product is richer in CBD. This substance causes a relaxing sensation while avoiding the effects of THC.
Problem: The current boom in sales of this legal cannabis will not stop the illegal trade in THC stuffed grass. However, for the police, it is very difficult to distinguish the two products during a checkup.
What happens if a consumer of CBD is controlled? “The consumer will have to prove what he bought.” In other words, you may have to do an analysis. If the level of THC exceeds 1%, he will pay the costs. “As these analyses are quite expensive, we may be bothered with a confusion like this,” anticipates the experts.
The United States has already developed several quick tests that can make the difference, but they are not available in the UK, and most importantly, they are not infallible.
Juicy business
In just one month, their business is very strong, with more than 20,000 pots sold, more than 200,000 francs in sales.
Therapeutic virtues
If this grass sells so well, it’s because on the web, the CBD has a pretty good press. Dozens of pages extol the therapeutic virtues of this molecule.
According to Swissmedic, CBD may have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, anti-emetic, anxiolytic, hypnotic or antipsychotic effects.
Anti-inflammatory actions of CBD
Anxiety and depression
Antidepressant and anxiolytic effects of CBD
Epilepsy
Science is just beginning to study
and the first results are encouraging, as confirmed by the head of the HUG’s toxicology department, Barbara Broers:
CBD has an anti-anxiety, antiepileptic effect. some autoimmune diseases, and in the field of cancer.
And it calms a little … (…) It seems to have a rather surprising beneficial effect.
More and more high-level sportspeople even claim to consume it, safely passing the doping controls.
Still, this hemp CBD, as legal as it is, is subject to the same tax as cigarettes and must display a similar message of prevention.
Tothis date, it is scientifically established that in cannabis, the active ingredient, addictive and psychoactive, is THC, which also has therapeutic properties (antiemetic, stimulator of appetite, etc.). The other cannabinoids – there are about 480-, we do not really know their effects, confirms Dr. Dan Velea, psychiatrist addictologist in Paris. However, studies conducted especially in Switzerland on hemp products, including CBD, report that other cannabinoids do not really have any addictive potential. But what poses a problem is the opening of cannabinoid receptors, which are still stimulated, and this point leaves fear the potential risk of addiction, “he continues.
The addictologist, who receives cannabis-smoking patients and CBD users, calls for caution. “We could quite discover that the CBD can be a good palliative to cannabis for those who smoke, but today, nothing allows us to affirm or deny it. It is for this reason that I tell my patients who question me that we know too little about its effects for now, hence the need to quickly conduct specific studies on CBD.