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CBD does not convert to THC in your stomach

MODERATE EVIDENCE Medical Evidence

A widely shared claim that gastric acid converts CBD to psychoactive THC comes from simulated lab fluid, not human bodies. Human studies measuring THC and metabolites after oral CBD find no meaningful conversion. Epidiolex trials at high doses confirm: patients do not get high.

What "moderate evidence" means here:
Consistent human data with real limitations — direction is clear, magnitude is not.

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