CBD shouldn’t contain marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, but ingesting it may still result in a failed drug test, officials with Arizona’s largest health system are warning.
People in Arizona and across the country have claimed they failed a drug test when they’ve only used CBD, Banner Health cautioned Tuesday in a written statement.
CBD is a derivative of cannabis that isn’t supposed to contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that produces a high. However, Banner said some CBD products may contain small amounts of THC, leading to positive drug tests. Banner did not specify how many failed tests have been reported.
People use CBD to treat a variety of issues, including chronic pain, anxiety, inflammation and insomnia, although the only CBD product the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved is a prescription drug used to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy.
Maureen Roland, director of the Banner Poison and Drug Information Center, told The Arizona Republic that people using CBD products should make sure they get them from a “reputable distributor” who can show through laboratory analytics that their CBD does not contain THC.
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Roland said the poison center has also received reports of young children getting into CBD products and ending up in emergency rooms with symptoms of THC toxicity. She said people should use caution if they have young…