CANNABIDIOL (CBD)

May 6, 2019

Two of China’s 34 regions are becoming a hub of cultivating cannabis to produce cannabidiol (CBD) the non-intoxicating compound that has become a consumer health and beauty craze in the United States and beyond.

Cannabidiol (CBD):

All drugs obtained from marijuana plant have an important medical ingredient called Cannabidiol (CBD), which is arousing interest in the scientific community due to its medical and therapeutic capabilities, but doesn’t cause intoxication or euphoria (the ‘high’).
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a phytocannabinoid discovered in 1940. It is one of some 113 identified cannabinoids in cannabis plants and accounts for up to 40% of the plant's extract.
Cannabidiol is not scheduled under any United Nations drug control treaties and in 2018 the World Health Organization recommended that it remain unscheduled.
But the marijuana plant itself has been banned because of another component, called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is psychoactive and produces a High.

Source : The Hindu