Salutations LegalCanada,
Google didn’t show too many results on this so i wanted to find alternate sources and only found NewsWeek then this:
Forbes: WHO Report Finds No Public Health Risks Or Abuse Potential For CBD (2017-Dec-11)
« According to a preliminary WHO report published last month, naturally occurring CBD is safe and well tolerated in humans (and animals), and is not associated with any negative public health effects [ http://www.who.int/medicines/access/controlled-substances/5.2_CBD.pdf ]. »
Some excerpts:
« …does not induce physical dependence and is "not associated with abuse potential. »
« …people aren’t getting high off of CBD…
« To date, there is no evidence of recreational use of CBD or any public health related problems associated with the use of pure CBD »
« …evidence suggests that CBD mitigates the effects of THC… »
« …the WHO is currently considering changing CBD’s place in its own drug scheduling code. »
« The report was presented by the WHO’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence… »
In other words this could suggest that THC induces physical dependence on top of having potential for abuse in getting “high” while THC also mitigates CBD (if it’s reciprocal), hence the need to keep it on the schedule i guess… M’well, there’s room for a lot of improvement until 2019!
Good day, have fun!! 