Comment on Lachenmeier et al (2020) "Are side effects of cannabidiol (CBD) products caused by tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contamination?": disputation on various points in the publication.

ABSTRACT: This Correspondence article is a counterstatement to a Brief Report published by Lachenmeier and co-workers on 17th February 2020 in F1000Research: "Are side effects of cannabidiol (CBD) products caused by tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contamination?". This counterstatement proposes that the authors of that article neither present proof or evidence for the alleged side effects of CBD products (no case reports presented with utilisable data), nor do they show that side effects are due to the presence of THC. Primarily, there is no clear definition of THC because the authors do not explain whether they mean Delta9-THC only (without its precursor tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA)) or total-THC (the sum of Delta9-THC and its precursor THCA, normalised to THC); indeed EU Recommendation 2016/2115

SUBMITTER: Kruse D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445557 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature