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DR. CHRISTIAN JESSEN
On Cannabis-based Medicine and The CBD Market.
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Sarah Sinclair
Dr Christian Jessen became a household name thanks to Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies. Alongside his virtual clinics, he campaigns on a range of health issues and recently started an exclusive partnership with the UK’s largest CBD and cannabis-derived product maker – BRITISH CANNABIS™, to help demystify cannabinoids and cannabis products.
When did you first come across and become interested in CBD?
I recently came to it through Professor David Nutt [the founder of Drug Science] who I met while filming for TV. I thought his work was so interesting; he really is a leading light in the world of drug research and policy change. I’m interested in the whole area of new emerging medicine and research, and the way that sometimes it’s slightly hampered by the law.
When I was growing up, I had an uncle who struggled with MS for a long time, and he used cannabis to help with his symptoms. This was 30 years ago, and my mother would mention it with slight embarrassment, but I remember even as a child thinking that it didn’t make any logical sense to me. If it helped him, then why was it such a bad thing?
