Pubdate: Thu, 25 Aug 2016
Source: Sacramento News & Review (CA)
Column: The 420
Copyright: 2016 Chico Community Publishing, Inc.
Contact:  http://newsreview.com/sacto/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/540
Author: Ngaio Bealum

THE ANTI-HIGH

So I just heard that some people are using high doses of CBD to 
counteract the effects of ingesting too much THC. Does this really work?

- -Oso Hyman

Good question. One of the things we know about cannabidiol (CBD) is 
that it acts as a sort of THC inhibitor. Cannabis plants with a high 
amount of THC but low CBD content will get you "higher" than plants 
with a high CBD content, even if the THC percentage is the same. No 
one has done any studies yet, but there are anecdotal reports of 
folks, especially those folks that enjoy cannabis concentrates (hash, 
wax, dabs, hash oil, etc.) or edibles, using either a sublingual CBD 
tincture or pills containing a high amount of CBD, to assuage the 
effects of overindulgence. In fact, my homie Grand Daddy Mike is 
working on a commercial product designed to lessen the effects of THC 
in case of accidental or intentional cannabis overindulgence.

That being said, I wouldn't recommend using high-CBD products as a 
magical "make yourself sober" pill. Generally, time (or being busted 
by an authority figure) is the only way to sober up. Don't go around 
thinking you can smoke a bunch of dabs, eat a 200-milligram THC 
brownie and just pop a few CBD pills to smooth out before you get 
behind the wheel of your car. Be a responsible drug user.

But, for real though, how cool would it be if there was a product out 
there that could counteract the effects of too much THC? Higher than 
giraffe boobies one minute, sober as a judge a few minutes later. 
Coming down from too much weed by using a different kind of weed 
seems counterintuitive, but it may be what the future holds. You 
can't do that with booze. Marijuana is awesome.

What's up with the Department of Justice? Are they still going after 
cannabis clubs?

- -Khan Cerned

They keep trying, and they keep losing. Last week, the Ninth Circuit 
court once again reminded the DOJ that the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment 
in the current budget prohibits the DOJ from going after businesses 
that are in compliance with state law. The DOJ tried to slip around 
the amendment with some legalese about "not going after the state, 
but going after individual businesses," but the courts saw through 
their subterfuge and told them to quit it with the shenanigans and 
leave state legal canna-businesses alone. The DOJ appealed, of 
course, and their appeal has just been slapped down by the Ninth 
Circuit. To wit: "at a minimum, [Rohrabacher-Farr] prohibits DOJ from 
spending funds from relevant appropriations acts for the prosecution 
of individuals who engaged in conduct permitted by the state medical 
marijuana laws and who fully complied with such laws." Duh.

The whole point of the amendment is to keep the DOJ from threatening 
and harassing and jailing legitimate cannabis companies, and the DOJ 
needs to accept that the world has changed, and cannabis businesses 
should be free to conduct business as long as they abide by state law.
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