Cannabis‑based products can treat everything from epilepsy to hangovers, users say. So why do some scientists dismiss CBD as the new snake oil? By John Arlidge
High hopes: Floriane von der Forst (left) and Marisa Schwab sell CBD wellness products online at the Chillery in LondonPETER DENCH FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE
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Mike Abbott used to be a north London copper who arrested people for smoking marijuana, but at 3pm on a warm Tuesday afternoon he takes me to buy cannabis in Camden Town. “I know it’s legal, but it still feels a bit odd,” he says as he examines the cannabis oils in the LDN CBD store, before recommending I buy the 5% strength bottle. At £35 for just 10ml, it had better be good.
Abbott is not just there to help me. He is checking out the competition. He has had something of a career change after leaving the Metropolitan police, and is now in the marijuana business himself. He joined a Manhattan-based medical cannabis start-up called Columbia Care and has risen to be chairman.…