THE PACIFIC ROOTS CBD PROMISE

• CBD derived from USA organically grown hemp
• USDA Farm Bill compliant
• All natural hemp extract
• No added fillers
• Third-party tested for hemp compliance and purity
• Non-GMO
• Not habit forming
• Sustainably Farmed
• Made in the USA
• CBDTQM certified, making our cannabidiol edibles the highest quality on the market

You need to find a trusted CBD manufacturing company. A company that focuses on quality and transparency is key to finding CBD products that are safe and effective. Two main quality items to keep an eye open for are COAs (certificates of analysis) and a medical director.

Pacific Roots uses third-party laboratories to test the raw oil and then the finished products because a quality manufacturer will have two rounds of COA testing. This first test analyzes the purity of the oil, from pesticides to residual solvents. The second test looks at the potency of the finished product making sure it is in compliance with the USDA Farm Bill.

Having a medical director on staff is essential when manufacturing CBD products for human use. Cannabidiol has a large effect on human bodily systems. Once CBD enters the body it passes through the bloodstream and interacts with the endocannabinoid system. The medical director will have direct knowledge of the human body and the endocannabinoid system, and help to an extent in formulating the correct CBD dosage and product formulation.

A final note. There are other quality markers to look at that all CBD manufacturing companies should follow such as: no added fillers, organically grown hemp, non-GMO, licensed hemp manufacturer in their state (you should be able to ask for and see their hemp permit), and product liability insurance. Unfortunately, there is a big gap in the market for quality CBD products. Pacific Roots CBD products have the highest quality control on the market to ensure product safety, called the CBDTQM guidelines.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEMP, MARIJUANA, AND CANNABIS?

Okay, this gets REALLY confusing! The scientific, legal, and common meanings are all different and these words get conflated, misused, and misinterpreted all the time. Not to mention, if you saw a hemp plant and a marijuana plant sitting side by side, you would never be able to tell the difference! This creates confusion and suspicion for consumers, law makers, and law enforcement. Let’s try and break this down.

Common Vernacular

The word “cannabis” has become synonymous with the stuff that makes you high. People throw the terms hemp, marijuana and cannabis out interchangeably. In some ways, they are the same… in other ways, they are very, very different. Still confused? Read on!

Scientifically Speaking

Technically ALL hemp and marijuana are both Cannabis plants. Cannabis is the genus that all hemp and marijuana plants are classified. Two of the most popular species are sativa and indica. These plants are commonly known by their scientific names Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica. There are many subspecies, or strains, of each species. For example, there are flower strains like Pineapple Express, OG Kush, Sour Space Candy, Spectrum, etc.. Strains are bred and crossbred (or hybridized) for specific traits or characteristics, not unlike how dogs or horses are bred.

Legally Speaking (in the United States)

The US Government determined that the difference between hemp and marijuana is the amount of THC in the plant. The Farm Bills defined the fulcrum between the two at 0.3% THC. To put it simply:

≤0.3% THC = Hemp (Legal in the US)

>.3% THC= Marijuana (Not Legal unless States allow recreational or medicinal marijuana)

So why pick THC as the difference? THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is a chemical found in Cannabis plants and at the time the Farm Bills were drafted, it was thought to be responsible for most of cannabis’ psychological effects. Per the National Institute on Drug Abuse, THC acts a lot like the cannabinoid chemicals made naturally by the body. Lawmakers picked out 0.3% as the tipping point between making a person high or not. In other countries, these percentages are different.

To make things even MORE confusing, they’ve discovered more than one type of THC in the cannabis plants! To name a few, you’ll find Delta 9, THC-A, THC-V, and Delta 8. Each does something cool and unique… but not all of these THC derivatives get you “high.”

Making things more complicated, each state has set definitions for how to calculate the 0.3% THC for hemp products. Most states calculate the overall amount Delta 9 (the original THC thought to make you high). While the rest calculate the total THC between THC-A and Delta 9 (there is a formula for this that takes into account the conversion of THC-A into Delta 9 when it burns).

However, no states saw Delta 8 coming when they drafted anything. It makes you high and it’s still legal. The DEA is working on banning it.

Once the Farm Bills allowed for the legal growing of hemp, farmers selected strains of cannabis that were high in CBD and low in THC. After generations of breeding, high CBD strains of hemp are now plentiful but look and smell EXACTLY like marijuana. So how can law enforcement tell the difference? The only way to tell is from testing the plant in a lab. You’ll hear stories about truckloads of cannabis being seized only to be released later as legal hemp.

Why is this all so confusing? Mainly because research is only beginning on the magnificently complex cannabis plants! The more it is studied, the more we learn. Education is the key! Pacific Roots only sells legal THC hemp products.

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