WEBVTT - Does CBD deserve the hype?

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<v Speaker 1>Next Question with Katie Curic is a production of I

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<v Speaker 1>Heart Radio and Katie Curic Media. Hi everyone, I'm Katie Kuric,

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome to Next Question, where we try to understand

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<v Speaker 1>that are happening by asking questions and by listening to

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<v Speaker 1>people who really know what they're talking about. At times,

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<v Speaker 1>it may lead to some pretty uncomfortable conversations, but stick

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<v Speaker 1>with me, everyone, let's all learn together. From your local

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<v Speaker 1>pharmacy to stores like Neiman Marcus and Sephora, it seems

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<v Speaker 1>you can't go anywhere these days without seeing or hearing

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<v Speaker 1>something about c B D phobe D is everywhere, d

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<v Speaker 1>C D oil phoebe D sold here. Celebrities like Amy

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<v Speaker 1>Schumer and athletes like soccer star Megan Rapino and golfer

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<v Speaker 1>Bubba Watson say it helps with everything from anxiety to

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<v Speaker 1>nausea to soar my soles. You can even walk into

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<v Speaker 1>your local bed, bath and beyond and find CBD for

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<v Speaker 1>that's right, your dog. It comes in oils, lotions, bath bombs, pills,

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<v Speaker 1>even gummies. And I actually tried a few products prepping

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<v Speaker 1>for this podcast. They smell a little like perfume. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me try one O. They taste a little like perfume. CBD,

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<v Speaker 1>which stands for is a chemical derived from the marijuana plant,

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<v Speaker 1>But unlike THHC that's another chemical found in marijuana, it

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<v Speaker 1>will not get you high. So my next question why

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<v Speaker 1>is CBD suddenly everywhere? And perhaps most importantly, does it

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<v Speaker 1>really work? A lot of celebrities these days are jumping

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<v Speaker 1>on the CBD bandwagon. Kristen, Hi, you are so sweet

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<v Speaker 1>to do this. I'm sorry, I know it's been such

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<v Speaker 1>a bear to schedule, but thank you so much. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, of course I'm so happy to That's actress

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<v Speaker 1>Kristin Bell who's talked a lot about using CBD for

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<v Speaker 1>her anxiety. So why did she turn to it and

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<v Speaker 1>what is it doing for her? Kristen, when did you

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<v Speaker 1>start using CBD? I guess I started about two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half years ago. And what prompted you to start it?

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<v Speaker 1>You know? I had short of been hearing about it

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<v Speaker 1>for a while, and it was originally recommended to me

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<v Speaker 1>because my friends who were going on like red carpets

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<v Speaker 1>and wearing a high heel for a long time, had

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<v Speaker 1>this bomb with CBD in it that they were rubbing

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<v Speaker 1>on their ankles to save their feet. And I looked

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<v Speaker 1>into this company that made the ball most called Lord Jones,

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<v Speaker 1>and I noticed that they had a tincture. And I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed at a lot of people online had been saying

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<v Speaker 1>that it helps with anxiety because it generally has a

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<v Speaker 1>calming effect, and I am a very anxious person. You

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<v Speaker 1>noticed a real change, How did it make you feel?

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<v Speaker 1>And did it take a while for you to notice

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<v Speaker 1>the effects. It was like nothing I had ever tried. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so I did not notice it immediately. But what I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed about after the first I don't know, week or so,

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<v Speaker 1>when I drive home from work because I raised two

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<v Speaker 1>little girls, I'm on my way home from work going

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<v Speaker 1>through Okay, I need to remember to buy a new

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<v Speaker 1>lunch pail because that one got stinky. Or I need

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<v Speaker 1>to remember to replace the apples because they'll have no

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<v Speaker 1>apples for their lunches, like all these silly little things

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<v Speaker 1>like you know so and so neat the dentist appointment,

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm just going through this sort of mental frantic

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<v Speaker 1>list on my way home to get back into mom mode.

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<v Speaker 1>And about after the first week, I noticed I was

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<v Speaker 1>just enjoying the radio and I wasn't finding myself any

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<v Speaker 1>less efficient at home. The dentist appointment was still being made,

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<v Speaker 1>the lunch pail will still be going to ask you

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<v Speaker 1>who bought the apples. It was still me. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>a laziness at all. It was simply a slightly calmer

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<v Speaker 1>version of me that didn't need to worry frantically in

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<v Speaker 1>order to complete a task. Did I notice the effects

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<v Speaker 1>right away, No, because there's nothing that you can feel.

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<v Speaker 1>But what I did notice is I wasn't having these

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<v Speaker 1>about these sort of targeted bouts of anxiety when I

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<v Speaker 1>was alone, like in my car, and that's when it

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<v Speaker 1>hit me. I was like, oh, this is working for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you ever wonder, Christian, that it might be a

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<v Speaker 1>placebo effect? You know, I do think about that a lot, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>because I feel like I would be a candidate for pebo,

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<v Speaker 1>to be honest. Um. But I have tried a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things. I mean I I've tried and I like

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<v Speaker 1>taking adaptagen sometimes for my anxiety. I've tried like every

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<v Speaker 1>little supplement or vitamin that comes on the market, and

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't noticed as much of a worry free Christen

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<v Speaker 1>as I do with CBD. You know, I know, Christen,

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<v Speaker 1>you've also been open about the fact that you like

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<v Speaker 1>to smoke plot occasionally. Is there a difference in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of the results? Oh, A bajillion degree of difference like this,

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<v Speaker 1>Taking CBD you have you are fully functioning. You can

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<v Speaker 1>drive your car, you can make a science project with

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<v Speaker 1>your child, you can you know, take the l sets,

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<v Speaker 1>you can do whatever. There is nothing that messes with

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<v Speaker 1>your brain. You feel completely and utterly like yourself. You're

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<v Speaker 1>just breathing a little easier and with THHD when you

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<v Speaker 1>take something that has C HC and CBD, when you

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<v Speaker 1>use a vape or take a gummy or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>smoke a joint or something that has an effect on

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<v Speaker 1>your mind, and that world is totally different now from

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<v Speaker 1>the BBD world. And I, to be honest, like both.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm clearly am raising two children. I'm not smoking

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<v Speaker 1>pot every day, you know what I mean? And before

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<v Speaker 1>we go, I just wanted to ask you, why do

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<v Speaker 1>you think this is such a hot trend right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you think that everywhere you look, at least

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<v Speaker 1>for me, you've just see C B D a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of things. I think that speaks to a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people speaking highly of it and seeing results. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think something that's a snake oil gets this much heat

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<v Speaker 1>around it. I also think we are in a state

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<v Speaker 1>as humans where there is a lot of depression and

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<v Speaker 1>anxiety going around. People are going really fast. We have

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<v Speaker 1>our phones. We've been going at such a fast pace

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<v Speaker 1>as human beings. We are requiring things that calm us.

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<v Speaker 1>And for people that don't want to drink or do drugs,

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<v Speaker 1>this much like mindfulness is a very easy, simple effective

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<v Speaker 1>for me solution to being less anxious during the day.

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<v Speaker 1>It worked for Kristen Bell, but that doesn't necessarily mean

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<v Speaker 1>it works for everyone. I decided to try some CBD

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<v Speaker 1>products myself, and I got a boatload of them to

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<v Speaker 1>prepare for this episode. I even got my husband, John

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<v Speaker 1>Mulner involved and made him try a CBD cream for

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<v Speaker 1>his aching feet. I did my left foot because my

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<v Speaker 1>left foot typically bothers me more than my right foot,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I just put some of that CBD cream

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<v Speaker 1>on my left foot and it felt pretty good this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't ache really, and it sometimes aches in the morning. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you can do it. You're going to try it again.

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<v Speaker 1>I would try it again. Now I've been walking around

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<v Speaker 1>for a few hours and it's a little it's a

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<v Speaker 1>little laky, but um, it felt pretty good this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>and because it was morning, I decided to fix myself

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<v Speaker 1>a Friday. Did you know they even have c D

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<v Speaker 1>d olive oil. I also tried some CBD drops by

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<v Speaker 1>this tincture peppermint, and it says high cb D. Place

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<v Speaker 1>one full dropper under the tongue hold for sixty seconds

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<v Speaker 1>and then swallow. I've got a full dropper full um

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<v Speaker 1>under my comp I have to be honest, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>really notice a big difference. Having said that, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure I used it regularly enough for it to have

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<v Speaker 1>an effect, but clearly it is helping a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 1>And I wanted to understand why We're gonna take a

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<v Speaker 1>quick break here. We'll be back in a minute to

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<v Speaker 1>weed out CBD fact from fiction. Get it weed out.

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<v Speaker 1>I reached out to the go to woman for all

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<v Speaker 1>things CBD, Dr Yasmine heard she's the director of the

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<v Speaker 1>Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai and a professor of psychiatry, neuroscience,

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<v Speaker 1>and pharmacological sciences. I asked her to explain and layman's terms,

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<v Speaker 1>how CBD works. Understanding how CBD works is also challenging

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<v Speaker 1>for scientists. Many people are trying to figure out how

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<v Speaker 1>it works. We do know that it is a molecule

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<v Speaker 1>that's a cannabinoid that's found in the cannabis and hemp plants,

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<v Speaker 1>and it binds two receptors in our body and brain

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<v Speaker 1>that are regulating different transmitter systems. And what I mean

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<v Speaker 1>by that is that it will change the activity of

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<v Speaker 1>cells in different parts of the brain. So t HC

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<v Speaker 1>is a psychoactive component on the cannabis plant. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>people get the high. The intoxication that binds to the

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<v Speaker 1>cannabinoid receptors in our brain and our body. CBD actually

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't bind to those receptors that cause the intoxication. But

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<v Speaker 1>what it does is that it tweaks different neuro transmitter systems,

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<v Speaker 1>So it will turn up one transmitter system and turn

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<v Speaker 1>down another so that it stays in homeostasis in a way.

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<v Speaker 1>So neurotransmitters are responsible for things like pain or anxiety

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<v Speaker 1>or depression exactly, and CBD will alter those transmitter systems

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<v Speaker 1>that are involved in many different functions as you said, pain, mood, anxiety.

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<v Speaker 1>So it has a broad mechanism of action and that's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the things that's been fascinating and frustrating for

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<v Speaker 1>the scientists, and that's why we all can figure it

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<v Speaker 1>out completely. CBD has been shown to be really effective

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<v Speaker 1>in a in a couple of very important areas. What

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<v Speaker 1>are those. One of the disorders absolutely that is clear

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<v Speaker 1>from clinical trials is childhood epilepsy seizure disorders. So these

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<v Speaker 1>caesar disorders such as travaise, CBD is now an f

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<v Speaker 1>D approved medication for them. So that has think significantly

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<v Speaker 1>moved the field in believing that CBD has medicinal properties.

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<v Speaker 1>What about opioid addiction. I know there's exciting research that

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<v Speaker 1>you've done about that. We have conducted small clinical studies

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<v Speaker 1>that have shown that CBD decreased craving in people who

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<v Speaker 1>have an opiate use disorder. It decreased their anxiety related

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<v Speaker 1>to their craving as well, which are two key features

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<v Speaker 1>for why people relapse. So we're now going to start

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<v Speaker 1>a large clinical trial and we'll see whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>it replicates. But a lot of the work not only

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<v Speaker 1>from our group but from others, have now started to

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<v Speaker 1>show that CBD does have potential to decrease craving and

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<v Speaker 1>opioid users. So those are two very very exciting areas

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<v Speaker 1>and that should counter this notion that it's just snake oil. Right, Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>CBD is not snake oil. There are people trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make it snake oil in promising that it can change

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<v Speaker 1>every single thing in our society. Clearly, it seems CBD

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<v Speaker 1>holds a lot of promise for a variety of conditions

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<v Speaker 1>and that's not lost on people who are hoping to

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<v Speaker 1>cash in. And no wonder, the market is projected to

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<v Speaker 1>reach twenty billion with the b BY So what is

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<v Speaker 1>your concern about this growing industry and the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>it's being sold in so many different forms for so

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<v Speaker 1>many different problems. The fact that you can buy CBD

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<v Speaker 1>on your steak, in your coffee and water, even mess

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<v Speaker 1>Gara their CBD mascara, theres CBD mascara, and sadly there's

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<v Speaker 1>also CBD tampons. The problem is all of this lends

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<v Speaker 1>itself to many people thinking CBD is a snake oil,

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<v Speaker 1>because how can one thing help with all of these

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<v Speaker 1>different syndromes, disorders, even recreational quote unquote benefits. It can't.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a fat like any thing else. So that many

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<v Speaker 1>people are just trying to make money without ever having

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<v Speaker 1>to prove that their CBD messcara works. They don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to do that. They are just riding the wave of

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<v Speaker 1>CBD being a fed and wanting a part of that

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<v Speaker 1>industry because, like you said, it's gonna be billions of

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<v Speaker 1>dollars for me. That does trivialize the potential medicinal properties

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<v Speaker 1>that CBD is showing to have. So I want the

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<v Speaker 1>public to understand that there may be quote unquote snake

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<v Speaker 1>oil components out there regarding CBD that's very separate from

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<v Speaker 1>the promise that CBD does show. So dr heard, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you say to consumers? How do you know what works,

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<v Speaker 1>what doesn't, what's worth trying, what's not? How much is

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<v Speaker 1>too much to spend on these products? Well, the month

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<v Speaker 1>do you want to spend is going to be up

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<v Speaker 1>to you, Like I said, of fact, that someone will

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<v Speaker 1>pay fifty dollars for our coffee, you know, that's up

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<v Speaker 1>to them. However, for me, in terms of safety, that's

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<v Speaker 1>the thing that's the issue. Right, So many people are

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<v Speaker 1>consuming CBD and don't even know where it comes from,

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<v Speaker 1>so they don't know if CBD is really in the

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<v Speaker 1>product they've done studies where they have shown that the

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<v Speaker 1>amount of CBD that's actually in the product that's compared

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<v Speaker 1>to the label don't match, and in fact those products

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<v Speaker 1>might even contain things like lead and pesticides. So the

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<v Speaker 1>public needs to be aware. They have to do their

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<v Speaker 1>due diligence because now everybody and their mother is getting

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<v Speaker 1>into the CBD industry because of being a fat and

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<v Speaker 1>the profits that are there, So it is not as

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<v Speaker 1>regulated as it should be, and I think the FDA

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<v Speaker 1>they're starting to consider what types of regulations that will

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<v Speaker 1>be needed for CBD. Why isn't it regulated? I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that the FDA realized how fast this was going

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<v Speaker 1>to explode and that they needed to be ahead of

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<v Speaker 1>this wave rather than behind it. So they're now catching

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<v Speaker 1>up and will start making so sort of guidelines. I

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely think that no company should be allowed to say

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<v Speaker 1>that CBD can do X, Y or Z unless they

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<v Speaker 1>prove it. This seems like a good time for a break,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll be back in a moment. Rob Rosenheck and

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<v Speaker 1>Cindy Capa Bianco are the husband and wife co founders

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<v Speaker 1>of Lord Jones, the CBD company. Kristen Bell mentioned Rob

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<v Speaker 1>told me they'd be happy to have more regulation because

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<v Speaker 1>consumers need to know that the products that they're buying

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<v Speaker 1>are safe, that they're manufactured in a safe way, that

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<v Speaker 1>they're properly labeled, that the dosage is accurate, just like

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<v Speaker 1>any other food or any other drug. People want a

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<v Speaker 1>regulated system. They want a set of rules to play by.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to be able to comply with regulations and

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<v Speaker 1>um and put out products that are safe. Robin Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>now run a multimillion dollar empire. They start it out

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<v Speaker 1>in medical marijuana, but soon found that the real gold

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<v Speaker 1>could come from another part of the plant. There was

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<v Speaker 1>this other count of ainoid we started to read about

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<v Speaker 1>called CBD, and it was associated with all of these

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<v Speaker 1>health and wellness benefits, and we became obsessed with it,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we started to experiment, and so the first

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<v Speaker 1>thing we did was make combinations of CBD and th

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<v Speaker 1>HC and so our most popular product was this five

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<v Speaker 1>to one ratio, so it had five parts of CBD

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<v Speaker 1>to just one part of THHD, and we made that

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<v Speaker 1>both in skincare and in ingestibles, and it became our

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<v Speaker 1>most popular product formulation. We first introduced hemp derived CBD

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<v Speaker 1>only products, so they were our same formulations of skincare

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<v Speaker 1>or confections, and we made those available in two thousand seventeen,

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<v Speaker 1>and in one month the business grew larger than our

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<v Speaker 1>entire THHD business, and we realized that was our future.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do you think this CDD business and market has

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely exploded? They're basically two reasons for it. The first

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<v Speaker 1>is the whole legalization movement of cannabis, So that's been

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<v Speaker 1>happening for twenty years, and more consumers are aware of it,

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<v Speaker 1>more consumers are in favor of it. A majority of

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<v Speaker 1>Americans have access to some form of cannabis in the

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<v Speaker 1>state that they live. A majority of Republicans are in

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<v Speaker 1>favor of legalization. That truly is an issue that unites us.

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<v Speaker 1>And the second piece is the passage of the two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand eighteen Farm Bill. So it made these products available

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time that people were curious about them,

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<v Speaker 1>and that opened up the floodgate. You sent me some samples,

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<v Speaker 1>but wow, your products are expensive. Your gum drops cost

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<v Speaker 1>fifty a pack, your oils cost up to a hundred bucks.

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<v Speaker 1>Could chang rob CBD is an expensive ingredient if you

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<v Speaker 1>look at all of the CBD products that are out there,

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<v Speaker 1>ores are actually comparably priced. There's a couple of things

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<v Speaker 1>that consumers should be aware of, their different kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>CBD and different methods of extracting CBD. So when you

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<v Speaker 1>grow hemp plants, you get this giant plant. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of biomass, but you only get a very tiny

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<v Speaker 1>amount of CBD from that plant. And supply and demand

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<v Speaker 1>it is, and we don't have enough supply of hemp

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<v Speaker 1>right now to provide the demand for CBD. But when

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<v Speaker 1>you extract it, you only get a little bit, so

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<v Speaker 1>it's an expensive ingredient. The other thing is there's two

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<v Speaker 1>different main ways to extract CBD. You can extract the

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<v Speaker 1>oil from the plant, or you can distill it down

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<v Speaker 1>into what's called an isolate, which is just pure cbd.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't have the other turpenes and plant waxes and

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<v Speaker 1>constituent components of the plant. Isolate is a more refined

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<v Speaker 1>form of CBD that's cheaper and not as effective. So

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<v Speaker 1>you want to get either a full spectrum or a

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<v Speaker 1>broad spectrum oil that's sourced from domestically grown hemp, and

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<v Speaker 1>that CBD is more costly and that's why some CBD

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<v Speaker 1>products are priced higher. Meanwhile, Rob has been really open

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<v Speaker 1>about his depression and talking about what's helped him deal

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<v Speaker 1>with it. Can I ask you a personal question, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>how often do you use CBD and do you still

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<v Speaker 1>use cannabis for your depression or do you feel that

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<v Speaker 1>CBD has helped you enough. I do use CBD, and

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<v Speaker 1>I do use th hc U CBD every day. I

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<v Speaker 1>put it on my face, I do why. It makes

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<v Speaker 1>my skin feel nice, and I take it in the

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<v Speaker 1>evening to help you sleep, help me sleep sometimes. But

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<v Speaker 1>for your depression, you still feel still use cannabis regularly,

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of times a week. I really enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's legal now in California, and it takes the edge

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<v Speaker 1>off I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke tobacco, but

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<v Speaker 1>I do enjoy cannabis. One thing is clear. We're very

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<v Speaker 1>much in the early days of CBD. But for those

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<v Speaker 1>who suffer from a whole host of problems from anxiety

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<v Speaker 1>to pain to addiction, and for people like Dr Heard

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<v Speaker 1>who are trying to help them, this new frontier offers

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<v Speaker 1>tremendous hope. What are you most excited about when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to cb D. I'm actually most excited by the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that more researchers are getting into this so that

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<v Speaker 1>we will be able to finally tease out one how

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<v Speaker 1>CBD fully works and have more insight into what disorders

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<v Speaker 1>and symptoms it might be beneficial for. I am excited

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<v Speaker 1>because I'll start to conduct some clinical trials of our own,

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<v Speaker 1>really large ones that we just got a grant for

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<v Speaker 1>from the n i H National Institutes of Health, and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll finally know whether or not, in a large population,

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<v Speaker 1>does it really decrease craving in people with an opiate

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<v Speaker 1>use disorder? And that's exciting for me. Next Question with

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