CBD oil gains recognition, popularity

Dr. Charles Weng had been in private practice as an internal medicine physician for almost two decades when he started researching cannabidiol, or CBD, as a treatment for pain. Weng’s mother was suffering from chronic pain from multiple sclerosis but was unable to take traditional pain medications, such as steroids or opioids, because the side effects were too severe.

Weng, whose practice, Baltimore Progressive Compassionate Care, is based in Baltimore, MD, started researching CBD products and talking to both doctors on the west coast who were already practicing cannabis-based medicine and to cannabis industry representatives in…