Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut

Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by drngdds on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:36PM (#21694525)

Also, isn't hemp-derived CBD more or less inert? My understanding is that there's some evidence for positive psychological effects from cannabis-derived CBD but not for hemp-derived.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by sigstoat on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @01:41PM (#21695203)

CBD is a single molecule (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabidiol ). it doesn't matter where you get that molecule from, or if you synthesize it from raw chemical feedstocks.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by munk-a on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @03:30PM (#21696364)

CBD effectiveness for migraines (the only use I'm familiar with) is greatly decreased if taken outside of the presence of any THC.

Honestly the science on this isn't in because the funding has never been available.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by sigstoat on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @05:07PM (#21697331)

i'm entirely open to believing that! there are a huge number of cannabidiol compounds in the plants, and teasing them apart is a very recent endeavor.

(it's also totally orthogonal to my claim.)

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by asdff on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:27PM (#21696902)

CBD is CBD no matter it's source but it is possible to isomerize under certain vaporization conditions into Δ8-THC which will get you buzzed at least.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by gdubs on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @12:53PM (#21694697)

Hemp and cannabis are the same thing. So much so that if your crop turns out “hot”, then you’ve accidentally just grown marijuana.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by giancarlostoro on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @01:18PM (#21694967)

Got any links on that? I've read that hemp crops has been known to remove THC from cannabis, course I need to figure out where I read that from too.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by gdubs on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:18PM (#21695608)

Sure: https://phys.org/news/2019-02-hemp-marijuana.html

There are some questions around whether the “entourage effect” is beneficial with CBD. In other words, does the presence of THC and various other compounds make CBD oil more effective for x or y (vs pure isolates of just CBD).

But “industrial hemp” really just means cannabis with a THC content below a federally determined guideline. And that’s why it needs to be tested for being “hot”. Many people lose their crops because they test hot and find themselves with smokable weed.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by giancarlostoro on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @03:16PM (#21696235)

Interesting, I hadn't heard of this before.

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Re:Farmers rushed into hemp, but now face a glut by amphibian87 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @01:28PM (#21695071)

I've heard they grow the same strains but harvest very early. Additionally, there are strains that have been bred to only have CBD. So both are correct.

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