Marketed for its medicinal benefits to help alleviate stress, aid restful sleep and manage pain, cannabidiol (CBD) is found in cannabis plants.

However, unlike the THC associated with marijuana, CBD is legal and is said to harness the natural properties of the plant which regulate mood and sleep patterns without the addictive and psychoactive side effects.

Now businessman Chris Davison has blended water soluble CBD with tea to create company Teacan, which offers four different flavours of CBD-infused whole leaf tea.

Chris, who has a background in physiology and working for a large pharmaceutical company, spoke at a wellness event at North Sands Business Centre in Roker to dispel some of the myths around CBD.

He explained: CBD has been around for years but because of political sensitivities and out of date ideas, its only become more mainstream and accepted recently.

Speaking about how he became interested in the product, he said: Ive always been interested in the illegality of drugs, how some are demonised and some are socially acceptable.

I started looking into CBD out of interest. I was sceptical at first and wondered why it had such a wide range of benefits, but the more I looked into the physiology side of things the more and more convinced I became.

Like most people I have sleep issues, its a common thing, but I thought it would be great if I could have CBD as a tea before bed, without the taste of CBD which isnt very nice.

I already had a software business, so this business was more of a passion project but its generated a lot of interest. Im not selling a magic pill here, its very much about using CBD as part of wider holistic approach, but Ive already had great feedback from people.

Although growing the cannabis plant is illegal without a licence in the UK, Chris, who legally imports his CBD from Europe, believes a regulated industry could open up the benefits of CBD to more people at a higher quality.

Cannabis for medicinal purposes was made legal in the UK in 2018 and can be prescribed by certain registered medical professionals.

*Teacan offers four different types of CBD tea: English breakfast; cherry, coconut and kiwi; lemongrass and ginger and peppermint. We have two months supply to give away, based on one cup a day, which amounts to a box of each flavour.

To be in with a chance of winning the prize, worth more than 50, answer this question: name a flavour of Teacan tea? Email your answer, along with your address, to Katy.Wheeler@jpimedia.co.uk by December 10. Usual JPI Media competition rules apply.

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