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<p>John Ayers is the study's last author and adjunct associate professor at the University of San Diego School of Health. He tells <em>Inverse</em> CBD simply is not proven to be effective as a treatment for the myriad ailments it's currently used for.</p>
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<p>"There is a FDA process to bring new therapeutics to market requiring extremely robust study designs, multiple complimenting results, outside oversight of the data, and post marketing surveillance," he says.</p>
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<p><u>IS USING CBD TO TREAT MEDICAL CONDITIONS RISKY? – </u> Scientists are still trying to understand how CBD affects a whole host of ailments. It is currently being investigatedas a pain management tool, and as a way to deal with withdrawal symptoms from smoking marijuana.</p>
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<p>But there's a big difference between taking part in a study to research CBD's benefits, and using CBD off-label at home to treat actual medical conditions.</p>
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<p>But there's a big difference between taking part in a study to research <a href="https://www.onlinemedicalcard.com/">Online Medical Card</a> benefits, and using CBD off-label at home to treat actual medical conditions.</p>
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<p>Part of the risk stems from the fact it's not always clear what lurks inside each product. In 2017, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania analyzed 84 CBD products and found that 36 of them contained more CBD than advertised on the label, 26 were labeled accurately, and 22 had less CBD than advertised. Eighteen of the products also contained THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana.</p>
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<p>There are also reports of CBD products being adulterated. In 2017, 52 people became ill or were hospitalized after taking a CBD product that actually contained a synthetic cannabinoid, according to a CDC report.</p>
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<p>Unadulterated or not, CBD is not a substitute for other medicines that are proven to work, Ayers says. People taking CBD to treat heart conditions may benefit more from other treatments that have been tested for that purpose, for example.</p>
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