Since 2018 when the UK parliament passed legislation legalising CBD, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis, sales of CBD-related products have skyrocketed. Today, you can buy CBD oil, CBD vape pens, CBD coffee, CBD muffins to go with your CBD coffee … CBD everything. And these products are often sold with various vague promises of increased wellness.
As CBD, in this context, isn’t a medicine, it isn’t regulated by the UK’s drugs regulator but by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). In 2020, the FSA recommended that daily consumption of CBD should not exceed 70mg. Now, the FSA and Food Standards Scotland have reduced this limit to 10mg – roughly four drops of 5% CBD oil.
To be clear, 10mg is the advisable safe limit. You won’t be arrested if you consume more than 10mg a day, but the agency warns that there may be long-term health effects if you ignore the advice – namely, harm to the liver and thyroid.
CBD’s effects have been tested on a range of ailments, from schizophrenia to anxiety, with mixed results. When benefits have been evident, it is usually at a much higher dose – about five times the previously recommended maximum intake.
The new 10mg recommended limit has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the drug at this dose – because there is no proven effect. The shift to a lower recommended dose comes after several studies have indicated that CBD may not be as harmless as previously thought.
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