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Dabbing, the process of smoking or vaporizing cannabis concentrates such as wax and isolates such as CBD crystals, is all the rage. But dabs are not just for stoners looking for a fast and furious high or medical marijuana patients seeking the therapeutic effects of THC.

As evidence for CBD’s medicinal value continues to grow, the debate as to whether CBD should be considered medicine rages on in political circles. Federal prohibition of cannabis continues to keep CBD under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), where it can do the most harm (by incarcerating patients and providers and putting patients’ lives in jeopardy), rather than the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), where it could do the most good by improving the quality of lives.

The American Kennel Club recently announced a grant of $356,000 through its Canine Health Foundation to study the effectiveness of CBD as a treatment for intractable epilepsy in dogs.