Guest post: Migraines and CBD

After its recent legalization, CBD oil has been picking up some steam in the migraine community as a possible alternative treatment.

Beyond that, there have been floods of anecdotal evidence of peoples’ positive experiences.

Is this natural substance the cure to chronic migraines? Let’s see what science has to say about that!

What is CBD?

Before I bombard you with a variety of peer-reviewed studies and medical jargon, let’s first establish what the heck CBD even is.

First off, CBD stands for cannabidiol. CBD oil is an isolated extract from a plant called Cannabis Sativa. Woah, pump the brakes – isn’t that marijuana? Hear me out. Cannabis Sativa is a plant family, which encompasses marijuana and hemp. Hemp contains very low levels of THC (the compound that makes you high) and marijuana contains very high levels of THC. Hemp will not make you high, but marijuana will.

Unfortunately, in the…