{"id":3814,"date":"2019-10-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiEMTEK4MFcIoIKNq5ogFsaysqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow8dv9CjDw5_UCMO_i1wU"},"modified":"2019-10-15T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T07:00:00","slug":"dont-give-your-dog-cbd-ct-veterinarian-says-ctpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=3814","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t give your dog CBD, CT veterinarian says – CTPost"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s probably not a good idea to give your dog CBD.<\/p>\n

Veterinarians can\u2019t prescribe it, according to Mark Albin, but that hasn\u2019t stopped pet owners from doing it anyway.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019s happening more with the pet owner more than it is with the veterinarian,\u201d he said. \u201cThey hear about CBD from a friend. They hear about CBD from other pet owners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albin is a veterinarian at the Pieper-Olson Veterinary Hospital in Middletown, and current president of the CT Veterinary Medical Association. He said there\u2019s no evidence that CBD is harmful, but that there simply haven\u2019t been enough scientific studies to tell.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s something we can\u2019t actually recommend for pet owners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no recommended dosage, there\u2019s no approved pet-friendly dispensary, so pet owners are getting their CBD from less-than savory sources. That raises Albin\u2019s hackles.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Marijuana sickening dogs a growing problem in CT<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe concern is that most CBD products because they\u2019re being sold as dietary supplements there is no regulation that makes these companies guarantee what\u2019s in their products,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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CBD is a non-psychoactive marijuana derivative and it wasn\u2019t until 2014 that it was available for study.<\/p>\n

Since then, official studies on the effects of CBD on pets have been few and far between.<\/p>\n

One study out of the Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences found that dogs can tolerate CBD and that it may have some efficacy for epilepsy.<\/p>\n

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