CBD
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Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a cannabinoid, one of at least 80 or so such compounds active in marijuana.
Many respected scientists and doctors are studying CBD for its potential medical applications, particularly in the treatment of Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy. Unfortunately, many scammers and woo-meisters also promote CBD on TV and in our shopping centers. Since marijuana was legalized in some states in the early 2010s, these scam artists have taken advantage of the publicity to prey on the gullible public. Some do it with "vaporizers" and suggestive imagery to not-so-subtly imply that it'll get you high (it won't); others claim it can cure cancer (it can't).
CBD's legality in the US is ambiguous. It isn't listed in Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances act, so it isn't illegal per se when extracted from hemp, which is legal to import from China or Canada. Unfortunately, these products are uniformly of poor quality, containing numerous impurities such as microbes and pesticides, and they have not been shown to be effective at anything other than draining your pocketbook of money.
Numerous multi-level marketing have popped up aggressively recruiting sales representatives to hawk CBD products. That alone should be enough to convince you to steer clear.