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this video we’re talking about CBD what is CBD  

the story behind cannabidiol the cannabis product 
that gets you well not high you’ve heard of CBD  

the cannabis product whose popularity has reached 
almost crazed lake proportions CBD has come from  

nowhere to everywhere in just the last few years 
it is perhaps best known for its ability to  

reduce anxiety and promote happiness but CBDs 
applications are seemingly endless it’s been  

successfully used to help with pain insomnia and 
depression there are some reports that it helps  

with other medical conditions as well because 
of its wide range of uses CBD infused products  

are the fastest growing segment of the health 
industry even some pets are getting in on the  

action for example CBD troubles are used to calm 
dogs Carl’s jr. the fast food chain has created a  

burger served with a CBD infused sauce not that 
I endorse calls jr. or any fast food for that  

matter and New York City CBD pen vape disposable custom infused coffee was 
all the rage and sell at the camp and then there  

is medical celebrities dr. oz and dr. Sanjay 
Gupta who actually advocate for CBD as well as  

non-medical celebrities such as Joe Rogan Morgan 
Freeman Quentin Paltrow then you got athletes such  

as David Wells who argue on behalf of CBD use 
in sports medicine where it’s anti-inflammatory  

power would allow players to recover more quickly 
and not risk opioid addiction there are plenty of  

MMA fighters who swear by it as well in Bubba 
Watson a professional golfer said that his  

decisions UCB was quote-unquote a no brainer the 
FDA even joined the bandwagon last year at least  

partially approving the CBD medication at the 
dialects this is despite the fact that cannabis  

remains illegal in eyes of the federal government 
so CBD use is growing by leaps and bounds with a  

projected twenty two billion dollar market by the 
year 2022 CBD is cannabidiol which is derived from  

the flower of cannabis the only plant genus that 
contains YOUnique class of molecular compounds  

called phytochemicals so there’s more than 8500 
cannabinoids that have been identified but the  

two most prevalent are tetrahydrocannabinol 
aka THC and cannabidiol which is CBD THC is  

the psychoactive ingredient of cannabis meaning 
THC is the component that gets you high while  

CBD is the quote/unquote anti psychoactive 
ingredient meaning it doesn’t get you high  

there are actually two types of cannabis plants 
meaning there are two subspecies one is marijuana  

which is rich in THC and thus has been cultivated 
for the high associated with its recreational use  

and then there is hemp which is low in THC hemp 
was historically cultivated for the industrial  

uses or its tough fibers in December of 2018 
in part because a growing body of scientific  

evidence showing CBDs therapeutic attributes 
the federal government legalized him although  

33 states have legalized medical marijuana 
including 10 states with legal recreational  

use marijuana remains prohibited at the federal 
level so both hemp and marijuana contains CBD  

the recent full legalization of hemp is part 
of the reason why some experts believe the CBD  

market will have a societal impact as monumentous 
as the tech revolution two decades ago but to  

really understand what CBD is and why it is only 
so recently burst into such almost revolutionary  

prominence it helps to know a little bit about 
the history of cannabis and the biology of its use  

cannabis is believed to have been used medicinally 
recreationally and for spiritual reasons  

throughout much of humankind’s history it’s been 
used in some form by societies throughout the  

world the oldest known written record regarding 
its use comes from almost 5000 years ago in  

China ancient Greeks used it to dress wounds at 
horses and to apply to human nosebleeds it was  

medicinally popular among Vikings and medieval 
Germans for relieving pain during childbirth and  

for toothaches while Queen Elizabeth used cannabis 
to relieve her menstrual cramps but only in recent  

decades it’s have we come to understand how 
and why cannabis affects humans the plant  

was largely excluded from scientific study due to 
its widespread illegality until the 1960s when an  

Israeli chemist named Rafael McCollum McCullum was 
able to obtain confiscated hashish from police and  

study it he elucidated the structure of THC and 
CBD and then in 1992 made an even more fundamental  

discovery the existence of the endocannabinoid 
system meaning the EC s in the human body so the  

EC s is the body’s largest system of receptors and 
it’s found throughout the brain nervous system and  

organs it’s been described as the molecular bridge 
between the body and the mind scientists have come  

to believe the EC s is among the most important 
physiological systems involved in human health  

because it regulates both mood and homeostasis 
keeping internal systems balanced in the face of  

external stress and inflammation he said that by 
using a plant that has been around for thousands  

of years we discovered a new physiological system 
of immense importance we wouldn’t have been able  

to get there if we had not looked at the plant 
so the implications of this discovery including  

the burgeoning applications of CBD are only 
beginning to take shape and looking at the  

ec s McCullum uncovered naturally occurring 
neurotransmitters called endocannabinoids that  

are structurally nearly identical to the phyto 
cannabinoids found in cannabis THC mimics these  

endocannabinoids endocannabinoids and binds to 
the two main kinds of receptors in the body cb1  

and cb2 CBD doesn’t directly bind the cb1 or cb2 
receptors but instead serves as a real take and  

break down inhibitor preventing the breakdown of 
naturally-occurring endocannabinoids in the body  

this is essentially the same way that selective 
serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs work which  

prevent the reuptake and breakdown of serotonin 
in the brain and if you’re not familiar with  

SSRIs these are the medications that are mainly 
used to treat anxiety and depression think paxil  

zoloft cetera so CBDs health impacts span the 
entire endocannabinoid system in particular  

researchers have found a CBD increases the levels 
of an and amide and cannabinoid known as the Bliss  

molecule derived from the Sanskrit word Ananda 
which means extreme happiness or one of the  

highest states of being CBD has shown to generally 
serve as a boon for brain health serving as both  

a protectant and enhancing neuroplasticity it’s 
been shown to be effective applied topically in  

reducing inflammation and overall body pain some 
early studies suggest that CBD might help fight  

cancer and has already earned a place in overall 
cancer treatment force ability to reduce nausea  

and help with pain and the benefits of CBD appear 
to come with little to no side effects according  

to the World Health Organization they said CBD 
exhibits no effects indicative of any abuse or  

dependence potential and today there’s no evidence 
of public health related problems associated with  

the use of pure CBD because this is all relatively 
new science studies of CBDs efficacy in a number  

of treatments are still preliminary and its actual 
marketing is often suspect many products are being  

released without much regulatory oversight and 
the CBD levels and overall quality of CBD products  

are not always as advertised mostly they don’t 
come as advertised so some CBD products contain  

unwanted THC which means some people might test 
positive for marijuana so you really have to do  

your research to learn what CBD brands you can 
trust besides determining the safety and efficacy  

of CBD for various medical conditions there are 
lots of other questions that scientists need to  

answer for example what form of CBD should be 
taken what is the recommended dosage and much  

more so there’s a lot coming down the pike and 
if you want to know more about CBD or if you  

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