Experts Explain How CBD is Being Used to Help Pain

(WFSB) – Cannabidiol, or CBD, is becoming all the rage.

It comes from the hemp plant, which may look identical to marijuana, but it’s not exactly the same. CBD is used for all sorts of ailments, which is making people give it a try.

“It has certain healing properties, relaxing properties,” said Robert DeSosa of Manchester. By now, many people have heard of CBD. Signs are popping up all over the place and CBD is being sold just about everywhere.

But what exactly is cannabidiol? It’s an active ingredient in cannabis, like marijuana, but it’s in greater in the hemp plant and it doesn’t cause the same high effect at THC.