Today is the day we start to break down the specifics of Cannabis, as a plant, a medicine, and a recreational product. The best place to begin is identifying CBD and THC, their differences, similarities, and uses.
The Cannabis plant comes in two different species. Referring to my helpful infographic to the left, you can see that the two species are Hemp, and Marijuana. The Hemp species is the plant that is used to produce CBD, or Cannabidiol, while the Marijuana species produces THC, or Tetrahydrocannabinol.
The difference between CBD and THC is they have different psychoactive components. Hemp cannot provide enough THC levels to create a “high” by a consumer.
Marijuana however, does supply CBD. Hemp manufacturing is used to produce 0% THC CBD products.
CBD is a compound found in Cannabis, and is just one of hundreds of other compounds found in Cannabis. These compounds are called “Cannabinoids”, and THC is another Cannabinoid.
CBD is used for body pain, anxiety relief, and other medicinal uses due to its response to the human body. This is because the CBD Cannabinoid is unable to properly bind to our brains cannabis receptors, where THC is able to bind seamlessly and create that mind, body and psychoactive high.
Both CBD and THC are used for pain and leisure and sometimes they are used together to increase certain feelings or achieve certain goals.
What is your experience with CBD and THC?
Do you prefer one over the other?
How did you use Cannabis? Medically or recreationally?
Great blog post. I actually don’t smoke the stuff myself but I have advocated for it in the past and even worked on passing legislation with our state legislature to legalize and regulate it here in Minnesota. I was there for the bill signing and everything too.
I really liked this post because I never knew much about the difference with CBD versus THC. The only times I have been exposed to either is I tried a THC drink one time and I’ve used CBD oil before but those were the only times I was ever exposed to them. I have never smoked it before but I definitely know of the medicinal used it has so I am a big supporter of it.