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Re: Gailm post# 74630

Monday, 06/19/2017 12:12:10 AM

Monday, June 19, 2017 12:12:10 AM

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Hemp is a variety of cannabis sativa, correct?

Cannabis sativa. While there is an inverse relationship between thc and cbd, the two products hemp and cannabis sativa are not the same chemically which is why one is a prescription drug, and the other, a health fad. 




Isn't the abundance of THC the main reason why "cannabis sativa", being psychoactive, is a prescription drug and hemp is not? Not that CBD has no medicinal value.

Note: There is a drug going through trials with cannabidiol as the active pharmaceutical ingredient. Results look promising.
ClinicalTrials.gov


That being said bring me to my next consideration; the inverse relationship you mentioned.
Mainly because those, along with other cannabinoids, have been shown to work together in beneficial ways.
So CBD works best with THC.

High THC sativa contains lower CBD and the reverse.. hemp having high CBDs has low THC.

Seeing as they both work best together, and perhaps and a 1:1 ratio, would it not be best for pharmaceutical companies to use the two varieties of plants together?

If they used just the high THC plant and not hemp then we are left over with an abundance of THC. So why not fill the void with CBDs from hemp?

Also, seeing as CBDs work better with THC, then wouldn't this "health fad" become less of a fad if the consumer also partook in recreational/medical marijuana?

Even if cannabidiol is just a health fad that doesn't rule out profitability and success. I believe health fads can rake in plenty of green.