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CBD oil is not your father’s marijuana

By Zoe Watkins —

Stores and ads selling CBD oil are popping up everywhere but science says that the newly-hot substance might not be the cure-all its users are hoping for.

CBD oil is vastly different from marijuana. According to the Harvard Health Blog, cannabidiol is the second most prominent ingredient in the cannabis plant. CBD is extracted from the hemp plant which is related to marijuana.

The substance does not cause the high that many people think it does. The other major component, THC, is what gets the user high. THC is not in CBD.