SHOPPERS can now buy cannabis oil in Cirencester from health food chain Holland & Barrett.

Cannabidiol oil is an active substance found in hemp oil, extracted from the leaves and flowers of industrial hemp variety.

The retailer has been selling cannabidiol oil or CBD oil as it is more commonly known, since the start of the year, and has already seen sales increase by 37% in the last four weeks due to high demand.

CBD oil is said to be able to treat all manner of problems and end of last year, a World Health Organisation report revealed that it may help successfully treat symptoms relating to Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, MS, pain, anxiety, depression, cancer and diabetic complications.

Cannabis Trades Association UK claims that there are now 250,000 users of the oil across the UK, up from the 125,000 recorded this time last year.

A spokesperson from Holland & Barrett said: ‘We have been surprised at the success and popularity of CBD Oil since launch.

"We knew that there were numerous trends surfacing around this liquid but we didn’t expect to see sales increase this dramatically," they explained.

Holland & Barrett’s CBD Oil from Jacob Hooy, is made with 100% natural cold-pressed hemp seeds and promises a strong and ‘distinctive’ taste.

Containing natural hemp seed oil and hemp paste, a few drops are to be taken with water two/three times a day.

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