By Allison Brickell Americans are now googling “cannabidiol” and “CBD” more than “exercise” and “veganism.”
The data comes from a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers discovered searches for CBD and cannabidiol were flat until 2014. Then they spiked and have grown ever since.
The paper found cannabidiol and CBD searches increased 126% from 2016 to 2017 and 160% from 2017 to 2018. They’re expected to rise by 117% this year.
The increased search activity spanned all states, though searches in 2019 were higher in states that had legalized recreational marijuana.
Researchers compared CBD searches with searches for several health topics in …read more
