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• What does CBD do? The one approved use, the known side effects, and what is unprovenThe FDA has approved CBD for one use, Epidiolex for seizures in three rare conditions; every other use is unproven.
• hemp: the plant, the crop, and the legal definition that changes on Dec. 11, 2026Cannabis sativa L. with no more than 0.3% THC by dry weight; from Dec. 11, 2026, the federal limit counts THCA too.
• full spectrum, broad spectrum, isolate: what the CBD label words meanOf a CBD extract: keeping the plant's other cannabinoids and terpenes, including some THC.
• CBN (cannabinol): the cannabinoid that forms as THC agesCannabinol, the cannabinoid that forms when THC breaks down with age, heat, light and air.
• CBG (cannabigerol): what it is, and why it is called the parent cannabinoidCannabigerol, a minor cannabinoid whose acid form, CBGA, is the starting point for THCA and CBDA in the plant.
• CBDV (cannabidivarin): CBD's shorter-chained relativeCannabidivarin, a minor cannabinoid built like CBD but with a three-carbon side chain instead of a five-carbon one.
• CBDA (cannabidiolic acid): the raw form of CBDCannabidiolic acid, the raw form of CBD that the plant makes; heat turns it into CBD.
• CBD as a medical abbreviation: the common bile duct, and three other meaningsIn medical notes, CBD usually means the common bile duct, the tube that carries bile into the small intestine.
• cannabidiol (CBD): the compound, the formula and where the word comes fromA cannabinoid made by the cannabis plant, abbreviated CBD, that does not cause the high THC does.