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“CBD is the most common non-intoxicating plant chemical in the cannabis sativa plant,” explains Dr Dani Gordon, cannabinoid medicine physician and author of The CBD Bible. But don’t let the ingredient’s link to cannabis put you off. “CBD products are completely legal and not considered controlled substances as long as they don’t contain THC, the compound that makes us feel ‘stoned’,” adds Mary Biles, author of The CBD Book: The Essential Guide To CBD Oil. “You won’t get high from taking a CBD product,” she continues, “as it is non-intoxicating and is non-addictive.” * SOURCE: Open Access Government, 2019 WHAT IS CBD? TRENDING INGREDIENT F rom CBD (cannabidiol) to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), it can feel impossible not to get lost between the acronyms of the cannabinoid industry. But with the UK market for CBD expected to be worth £1bn by 2025 * , it’s time we all got acquainted with the ingredient everyone’s talking about.