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A CONCERTED EFFORT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE CANNBIDIOL MARKET. WILL IT WORK?
Cannabidiol (CBD) is the non-psychoactive cannabinoid cousin of delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC, the molecule mainly responsible for the cannabis-associated "high") and the market for it has simply exploded since the reinvigoration of the global industrial hemp market.
What do we know about CBD?
CBD is not THC, as this infographic will show you.  In short, the retail cannabis marketplace thrives on short squat female plants that produce 20-30% THC in the resultant flowers while the industrial hemp marketplace thrives on (mostly) tall lean males that contain minute quantities of THC and can be harvested for long, strong fibers (for example).  Most regulatory agencies around the world consider anything with less than 1% THC industrial hemp (non-drug-type Cannabis sativa); however, most technically define hemp as 0.3% THC or less and, practically, the levels of THC found in hemp strains...
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