Cannabis For Pets Puts Vets in a Predicament The use of Cannobidoil among pet owners to relieve an aging dog's pain or the chronic anxiety of an overstressed cat has spiked in recent years. Cannobidoil is a cannabis plant extract also known as CBD. While marijuana use for humans is legal in at least 30 U.S. states, none of those states make a provision for furry family members. This has made veterinarians hesitant to prescribe or even mention CBD as a treatment because if they did, they could lose their license. Marijuana remains illegal
under federal law. Without an inclusion of animals by the states in their cannabis laws, Judy Boyle, pet owner, via Reuters