ABOUT WHO THIS PERSON MIGHT BE,
YOU SHOULD CALL SARASOTA
POLICE.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED CBD
SHOPS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE
BAY AREA.
IT'S ALL THE RAGE.
MANY SAY IT GIVES THE MEDICAL
BENEFITS OF MARIJUANA WITHOUT
THE HIGH AND WITHOUT A
PRESCRIPTION.
SOME DOCTORS ARE NOT CONVINCED.
8 ON YOUR SIDE JOHN ROGERS WENT
TO FIND OUT IF CBD IS A CURE OR
A CON AND JOHN IS JOINING US
LIVE IN SARASOTA WITH HIS
STORY.
Reporter: HEY, THERE, KEITH.
GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME TO SECOND AND SEE.
HERE IN SARASOTA, THIS IS ONE
OF THE MANY CBD SHOPS POPPING
UP THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
IN SHOPS LIKE THIS ONE, YOU CAN
FIND CBD IN MANY ITEMS, COOKING
OIL, GUMMIES, EVEN FOOD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SWEAR BY THIS
STUFF.
IS IT SAFE?
WHEN CLARA FRENCH WAS BORN FOUR
YEARS AGO, HER MOTHER NOTICED
SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT.
DOCTORS SOON DISCOVERED CLARA
HAS AUTISM AND IS NONVERBAL.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME CRYING
AND WONDERING WHAT HER FUTURE
WOULD BE LIKE.
WOULD SHE EVER TALK TO ME?
WOULD I EVER HEAR HER SAY I
LOVE YOU MOM?
Reporter: NICKY WAS
DESPERATE TO HELP TREAT
CLAIRE'S AUTISM SYMPTOMS.
A DOCTOR SUGGESTED SHE RESEARCH
CBD OIL AND SOON EVERYTHING
CHANGED.
TONS OF VOCALIZATION, NEW
WORDS EVERY DAY, PHRASES.
Reporter: NICKY GIVES HER .5
MILLIMETERS TWICE A DAY.
WHAT COLOR?
Reporter: MONTHS LATER,
CLARA HAS BECOME A DIFFERENT
PERSON.
IT'S EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE
EVER DREAMED OF FOR HER.
Reporter: SO, WHAT IS CBD?
LET'S EXPLAIN.
CBD IT DERIVED FROM CANNABIS.
WHEN MANY THINK OF CANNABIS,
THEY THINK OF MARIJUANA WHICH
CAN MAKE PEOPLE HIGH.
THAT OCCURS BECAUSE MARIJUANA
HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF A CHEMICAL
CALLED THC AND CBD IS EXTRACTED
FROM PLANTS AND HAS LOW LEVELS
OF THC AND PROVIDES THE
BENEFITS OF MARIJUANA WITHOUT
GETTING YOU HIGH.
CBD IS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF
MANY AILMENTS INCLUDING
EPILEPSY.
IT REDUCE MUSCLE SPASM AND
WE CAN USE CBD TO REDUCE
ANXIETY.
Reporter: IT HAS EXPLODED IN
POPULARITY AND CBD IS MORE THAN
JUST OILS.
IT'S BEING INFUSED INTO MANY
DIFFERENT FOODS.
LIKE HERE INSIDE THE GLENN
FAMILY BAKERY.
THE CBD ITSELF REALLY LOOKS
LIKE BAKING POWDER.
Reporter: CUSTOMERS OF ALL
AGES PURCHASE HER CBD TREATS
FOR ANXIETY, INFLAMMATION OR
SLEEP PROBLEMS.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE
TREAT OR SOMETHING OTHER THAN
THE TYPICAL OIL UNDER THE
TONGUE.
I GUESS THERE'S SEVEN
DIFFERENT FLAVORS.
Reporter: SUSAN SHARE OWNS
HEAVENLY HASH WHICH MAKES CBD-
INFUSED ICE CREAM.
IT'S A MEDICAL FROZEN
DESSERT.
Reporter: HER -- HER MEDICAL
FROZEN DESSERT HELPS PEOPLE
WITH PAIN ISSUES.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE
ANTIDOTALLY FEELING AS A
RESULT.
Reporter: CBD SUPPLEMENTS
ARE NOT TESTED, APPROVED OR
REGULATED BY THE FDA.
SOME ARE SKEPTICAL OF IT.
CBD OIL IS A DRUG.
Reporter: SOME OF DR.
STEVEN'S PATIENTS HAVE HAD
NEGATIVE SIDE FRECTS TOO MUCH
CBD.
-- FEKDZ FROM TOO MUCH CBD.
AS THE DOSE INCREASES, YOU
CAN SEE THINGS LIKE VOMITING.
Reporter: HE IS WORRIED
PEOPLE WITH OVERDOSE ON TOO
MANY INFUSES FOODS AND LITTLE
IS KNOWN ABOUT IT WITH PREGNANT
WOMEN AND THE FDA IS CONCERNED
SAYING THIS DECEPTIVE MARKETING
OF UNPROVEN TREATMENTS RAISES
SIGNIFICANT HEALTH CONCERNS.
MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO
LEARN THE LONG TERM IMPACT.
JUST BECAUSE THE FDA HASN'T
APPROVED IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
IT CAN'T BE USEFUL OR USED IN A
SAFE WAY.
YOU WANT TO PLAY?
Reporter: NICKY FRENCH IS A
BELIEVER.
SHE'S GOING TO KEEP GIVING
CLARA CBD HOPING ONE DAY SHE
CAN HAVE A NORMAL LIFE.
I DON'T WORRY AS MUCH
ANYMORE.
IT'S NOT A BURDEN LIKE IT USED
TO BE.
Reporter: SO, IS CBD A CURE
OR A CON?
DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK.
THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.
KEITH?
IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR
CLARA.
WHAT A CUTE, LITTLE GIRL SHE
IS.
WE WISH HER ALL THE BEST.
I SAW YOU SAMPLING SOME MUCH
THESE ITEMS.
I GUESS SOME PEOPLE MAY BE
CURIOUS ABOUT CBD WHEN IT IS
INFUSED INTO THE FOODS.
DOES IT HAVE AN AFTER TASTE?
WHAT'S THAT LIKE?
Reporter: I GOT TO ADMIT
EVERYTHING I ATE WAS DELICIOUS
AND THERE WAS NEVER AN AFTER
TASTE.
I FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDED DOS
SO I NEVER FELT SICK.
WHEN I HAD THAT HEAVENLY HASH
ICE CREAM I WAS HAVING A
STRESSFUL DAY AND I FELT LIKE
IT CALMED MY NERVES.
I WAS REALLY RELAXED AND IT
WASINCREDIBLY DELICIOUS.
JEN SAYS A BROWNIE ALONE