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Baktru t1_jduh18n wrote

CBD was a controlled substance, i.e. illegal until 2018 in the USA. There's hardly been any medical research around the medicinal benefits of CBD anyway, so you can't even say that CBD works for depression and/or anxiety. There simply isn't research confirming that. The only confirmed medicinal use of it is for certain types of seizures.

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cville5588 t1_jdve5ut wrote

Maybe not in the U.S. but believe that research done in other places is still applicable here. This is an unintelligent conversation. For example L.S.D has never been legal here nor have psychedelic mushrooms but there has been abundant research done on how it affects people. Just because something is not legal for recreational consumption does NOT mean there hasn't been research done.

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denM_chickN t1_jduhscb wrote

Really?... you sure?

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Baktru t1_jdui35e wrote

From one link: CBD has a significant therapeutic effect for epilepsy (SMD − 0.5[CI − 0.62, − 0.38] high grade) and Parkinsonism (− 0.41[CI − 0.75, − 0.08] moderate grade).

The other link is about Phase II clinical trials, i.e. ongoing research.

The point stands that there is as of yet insufficient research done to say that CBD is a fit medicine for anxiety/depression. That nature link literally says: "Evidence suggests cannabidiol (CBD) has anxiolytic properties, indicating potential for novel treatment strategies."

Suggests. Potential.

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GoBlue81 t1_jduvpdd wrote

Dude, did you even read your own sources?

"...few clinical trials of CBD-based products have been conducted, and none thus far have examined the impact of these products on cognition."

"Results provide preliminary evidence supporting efficacy and tolerability of a full-spectrum, high-CBD product for anxiety...A definitive assessment of the impact of this novel treatment on clinical symptoms and cognition will be ascertained in the ongoing double-blind, placebo-controlled stage."

This paper was just published a few months ago as well. The rigorous study of CBD is still very young. Due to the War on Drugs, there have been very few well-designed late phase clinical trials for CBD.

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