CBD News Aggregator – The word on the street is that cannabidiol (CBD) is the most medicinal part of the cannabis plant. The non-intoxicating compound of marijuana has gained rock star status ever since Dr. Sanjay Gupta showed the world in his documentary Weed 2 that it has the power to control seizures in epilepsy patients.
Fast forward a few years and now the substance has become so much a part of popular culture that it is even being counterfeited by hacks trying to strike it rich on the heels of Uncle Sam’s regulatory incompetence.
The answer is a resounding no.
Some of the research conducted over the past several decades shows the only way to maximize the therapeutic aspects of cannabis medicine is to use the entire plant. After all, it would be naïve to think a single component of the plant, especially considering it has hundreds of various cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids, would be the only part contributing to the health of civil society.
Israeli scientist Raphael Mechoulam called it the “entourage effect,” the process of hundreds of cannabis components working better together than when isolated.
So even while CBD is getting all the notoriety these days for its ability to treat ailments ranging from cancer to epilepsy, Mechoulam found through more than 40 years of research, that THC — the compound that creates the stoned effects — and CBD actually enhance the performance of the other (otherwise known as the entourage effect).