Why is CBD on everyone's lips?

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

CBD Gummies, CBD croissants, CBD coffee, CBD pesto, CBD beer... CBD is everywhere.

Presenter Charlotte Smith tells the story of how this oil from cannabis that doesn’t get you high is becoming the biggest buzzword in food and drink from its beginnings in the US with the legalisation of medical cannabis through to the proliferation of products on the market today that claim to help with everything from pain to public speaking. Can it live up to the hype? Charlotte heads to the UK's first cannabis-infused restaurant, Brighton's Canna Kitchen, to try it for herself.

Producer: Tom Bonnett

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0:38.0	It was like looking at Willy Wonka's Weed Factory.
0:42.0	It was just bonkers. looking at Willy Wonka's Weed Factory.
0:42.5	It was just bonkers what they had.
0:46.9	We're entering a new world of food and drink
0:49.6	in today's food program,
0:51.2	a realm of products infused with oil that comes from cannabis known as
0:55.6	CBD. Walks of gummies and chocolates and cookies.
1:01.6	CBD doesn't get you high. That's its sibling, THC.
1:06.0	Many though argue that C. B. D does help to relieve pain and inflammation and reduce anxiety.
1:12.0	So far, the studies aren't clear
1:14.4	whether eating small amounts has any effect, but that hasn't stopped it becoming
1:19.3	one of the biggest buzzwords in food and drink. More and more chefs and producers are using
1:24.8	CBD in their recipes. You can buy CBD oil in health shops like Holland and
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