The world of medicine is not as certain as it seems. Doctors and pharmacists need to rely on data and research to make educated guesses, which they follow up with testing and more research. All of this means that medicine, how it works, and how it affects different people is still very much a work in progress. They don’t know as much as they say they do, and every year they learn new things. The placebo effect is very real, and accounts for the effectiveness of some medicines from person to person. With that in mind, I want to talk about the curiosity that is CBD. If you were not aware, CBD is made from the cannabidiol in the hemp plant which is the straight-laced cousin to THC. THC is what causes euphoria and gets you “high” but CBD does none of that, it is good for relaxing your body and mind and that’s about it. The medicinal properties of CBD are still being explored, and while science believes that it does possess medicinal value, they are not sure how much. All of that said, I encounter a lot of people who don’t know the science behind CBD at all, they just think its a cannabis product like anything else. As an example of the placebo effect in action, some people are so convinced that CBD will get them high, that it does indeed get them high. Their mind tricks them into feeling euphoric, because it is convinced the CBD they are vaping has THC in it. Isn’t the mind amazing?