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CBD Helps Anxiety Patients in a Clinical Trial

Unlike THC, CBD is not psychoactive and not known to be intoxicating.

Aired 09/29/2021

NOVA

CBD Helps Anxiety Patients in a Clinical Trial

Clip: Season 48 Episode 11 | 3m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Unlike THC, CBD is not psychoactive and not known to be intoxicating.

Are the chemical compounds found in cannabis, including CBD, a potential treatment for reducing anxiety? Here's what one clinical study is finding—and the story of one of its patients.

Aired 09/29/2021

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