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The list of rumors and myths about CBD is long because the cannabis plant is new in Western applications and the research is young. You may have heard that CBD is illegal because it comes from the cannabis plant. Or perhaps you’ve heard that it comes from hemp, but you’re only familiar with hemp as a source of fabric. You may have heard that CBD is a snake oil, made popular only by the placebo effect. On the other hand, maybe you’ve been told that CBD really can cure it all.

Table 1-1 provides a quick overview of some common myths surrounding CBD as well as the actual facts. In the following sections, I talk about some of these myths in more detail.

TABLE 1-1 Separating Common CBD Fact from Fiction

Fiction	Fact
CBD is a Schedule 1 narcotic drug, so there is no research.	Formal, government-sanctioned research, as well as a host of anecdotal evidence, does exist. It is also “descheduled.”
CBD is snake oil and a scam.	CBD has plenty of legitimate applications.
CBD as an industry is chock-full of discrepancies and is thus unsafe.	CBD hasn’t been shown to physically harm anyone.
CBD can cure anything.	CBD has been shown to help some conditions; like anything, results vary.