Your burning QUESTIONS ANSWERED

HOW can it come from the cannabis plant but not get you high? Should you be worried about addiction? And when and how should you take it?

With so much scepticism and doubt around CBD, consumers may often leave a store with more questions than when they entered.

Here at last: the answers to the questions that are still lingering.

CAN CBD MAKE ME FAIL A DRUG TEST?

It all depends on the product you are using, says Professor Norman Nyazema, a clinical pharmacologist who also works in the medicines regulatory area with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA).

Cannabidiol or CBD should not show up on a drug test because it is not a drug. All CBD products that comply with legal regulations set out by the health regulator contain almost undetectable levels of THC, which is