What Do People Really Know About Pot? Not Much

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What Do People Really Know About Pot? Not Much, According to Recent Survey

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It’s 4-20, and lots of people are taking advantage of this to indulge in a bit of weed. But what do people really know about pot anyway? According to a recent survey by Invisibly, not much!

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Invisibly found that 58% of respondents didn't know the difference between CBD and THC-containing products such as marijuana, and probably because people don’t know the difference, 53% of respondents would not consider using a CBD product for any reason.

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Now if that is not funny enough, we broke down the data and looked at these responses of people who have used CBD. It turns out that only 64% of respondents who have tried CBD did understand the difference between the compounds. 36% of respondents who have tried CBD did so without knowing the difference between CBD and THC-containing products.

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You can see the full data study here. Invisibly Realtime Research™ polling differs from traditional polling or online surveys and have proven to be extremely accurate at predicting behavior. In fact, Invisibly came the closest in accurately predicting the Presidential election results: FiveThirtyEight polls were off by 38 electoral votes. Invisibly was only off by 4 electoral votes.