Cbd refers to an extract of the cannabis plant. The cannabis plant which is infamous for letting people experience a euphoric state or a certain type of “high” as it is more commonly known as. It was this phenomenon of cannabis and it’s extracts that gave them the reputation of being the same as tobacco or other such components. This is why this compound was heavily frowned upon. However, immense developments have been made and this compound has been destigmatised. If you are lucky enough to be residing in an area where cannabis and it’s bi products are legal then you would probably find a cbd hemp store on every corner. However how did a compound that was greatly frowned upon became something that is being accepted by the prestigious medical community worldwide? Let us understand that.
How did the DE stigmatisation of weed come through?
Weed was a compound that was considered to be as terrible as alcohol or tobacco if not more, and there was even a stage where it was considered to be straight up a drug. From that point in time, to now when smoking weed is considered to not only be an acceptable coping mechanism but even something that medical communities all across the world have been encouraging to deal with various mental as well as physical issues, the transition was definitely not easy and it was for sure not quick. This transition did not happen over a span of couple of months or even years. It took couple of decades for people to evolve their mind-set to be so open and willing. Many activists who themselves studied and smoked weed understood that the world had a futile negative perception about the compound. People were being fed false information and it was on the basis of this information that people judged the compound. Not only this but many pioneers of the medical community also shed light on the medicinal and healing properties of the compound as a whole and it’s various parts.
Today smoking weed isn’t exactly encouraged by either the government or the senior citizens of the world who belong to an older generation, but it is also not exactly frowned upon. The efforts of multiple people and activists are to be thanked for the same. Today weed and cbd compounds in general are not regarded harmful at all if anything they are deemed to he extremely healing and medicinal