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NIDA Director Says Cannabidiol Is A ‘Safe Drug’

NIDA Director Says Cannabidiol Is A "Safe Drug"Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015.  The director of the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Nora Volkow, believes that cannabidiol (CBD) – a nonpsychotropic cannabinoid – is “a safe drug with no addictive effects.” Volkow made the comments in an op-ed published last week by The Huffington Post.

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Volkow further acknowledged, “[P]reliminary data suggest that it may have therapeutic value for a number of medical conditions.”

Preclinical studies have documented CBD to possess a variety…

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