What do these products contain? Should they still be labeled CBD when they contain trace amounts of THC? This can be confusing for new customers trying to educate themselves on cannabis products. So, What is CBD? A MISNOMER FOR CANNABIS PRODUCTS CBD is actually a misnomer for a variety of cannabinoid based products. This points out the serious mislabeling alongside misinformation that some cannabis companies use to garner profits. CBD is the acronym for a SPECIFIC cannabinoid in the cannabis flower called Cannabidiol. For example, the orange fruit has many vitamins and minerals ranging from folate, thiamine, potassium and Vitamin C. We do not call oranges “Vitamin C” when we want an orange soda. We do not say “I want the Vitamin C soda, please.” The cannabis flower contains a multitude of cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are compounds found in the cannabis plant. There are roughly 60 cannabinoids with THC( Delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol), CBD ( Cannabidiol) and CBN (Cannabiniol) being a few. So when referring to Cannabis as CBD can be very confusing especially when some of the products may contain a psychoactive ingredient THC. CBD as a buzzword is used instead of saying Cannabidol Isolate, Full spectrum Oil, or Broad Spectrum oil. It takes a minute explaining or a minute reading this article to understand what CBD actually is, an acronym for Cannabidiol. The buzzword CBD is used to represent Cannabis products as a WHOLE such as a CBD Tincture, CBD Gummies, CBD Lotion, CBD Salve. These products may have upwards 5-10 different active cannabinoid compounds other than cannabidiol. Why labeling everything with cannabis as CBD is a bad idea because then nobody is really educated on what is in their products. ODD GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION REGARDING CANNABIS AND CANNABIDIOL CBD is the acronym for the cannabinoid Cannabidiol. The rescheduling of Cannabidiol as a herbal supplement rather than a Schedule 1 substance takes it out of the category of illicit drugs. The Department of Health and Human Services own the patents to the information regarding the health benefits of cannabis dating back to the 1990’s. There will be other blogs explaining why our government has labeled herbal medicine as equivalent to cocaine BUT back to the CBD craze… Improvements with Certain medical conditions. Cannabidiol gained a lot of attention when it seemed to dramatically help with Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) devastating many children. WHY UNDERSTANDING CANNABIS PRODUCT IS IMPORTANT The first thing I tell people when buying cannabis products is know what you are buying. Anyone can slap a label called CBD on a product and take advantage of the learning curve associated with the market. There have been reports with hemp seed oil being marketed as CBD while charging an astronomical price. Cannabis is going to be readily available to people in the next ten years. Taking the wrong products could deter you from actually receiving benefit when you need it. Taking products with CBG (Cannabigerol or CBN (Cannabinol) can make you sleep and maybe not the best product when you need to be active. You may WANT these active compounds when you are trying to sleep so therefore you might have a morning supplement and a night supplement!