People cannot simply apply it, as it might negatively react to their current medication,” he warned, adding that cannabidiol (CBD oil) must be from credible and legal sources to ensure a good standard of extraction. Most of the patients had been made to believe by younger relatives or friends that marijuana can treat any ailment. Misuse can cause fatal side effects, as well as result in dangerous interaction with the patients’ current medication. A 28-year-old man recounted his own experience, in which he placed 30 drops of CBD oil instead of following the doctor’s advice to treat insomnia by taking no more than two drops at a time. “Everything was spinning, I saw my child as a skeleton and my wife in double vision,” he recalled, adding he was certain it was the CBD oil because he had never used it before.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 24, 2019 18:00 UTC