An entire industry is being built around CBD, but we really don’t know that much about it

An entire industry is being built around cannabidiol, or CBD, one of the many chemical constituents of the cannabis plant. Advocates of the compound say it confers all sorts of health benefits, from mitigating the symptoms of depression and anxiety to treating glaucoma.

Cannabis plants produce a group of chemical compounds called cannabinoids. The best-known are tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC , and CBD . It’s a question of both dosage and absorption, she said. “We have no idea how much CBD you would need to rub on your skin for it to have some kind of medical effect,” she said.

“People shouldn’t confuse availability with legality,” said former FDA regulatory counsel Jonathan Havens. The agency has cracked down on some companies selling CBD-containing products, but it has limited resources and can’t get to everyone, so it is focusing mostly on companies making blatant health claims about their products, Havens said.

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