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Continued from page 5 Is CBD Legal?
Hemp or Hype?
Here’s where you’ll need to check the federal and
• What is the carrier oil? What is the CBD oil state laws. Hemp-derived CBD products (with less
suspended in? Coconut, Safflower, Grapeseed, than 0.3 percent THC) are legal on the federal level,
Avocado, or Jojoba - some oils melt in the heat, but could be illegal under some state laws. Check
so store in a dark cool spot. your state’s laws and those of anywhere you travel.
• Do not apply on cut or cracked skin. Depending
on the potency of CBD and other ingredients
used, a cut or broken skin can be a entry to
infection. You might want to do a sensitivity test
and apply a small amount of your cream to the
inside of your elbow. If you have any redness or
rash that develops, DO NOT continue to use.
• Check for drug interactions. Herbal remedies and
prescription drugs can have serious interactions.
Be sure to check with your PCP or NP before
you try any product.

The Difference Many people use the terms “industrial Cultivation
hemp” or “commercial hemp” so it is clear that they The ways in which marijuana and hemp are
are not referring to the “marijuana” variety of cultivated vary greatly as well. Cannabis is a
cannabis (since “hemp” is sometimes used as a dioecious herb; marijuana growers will remove the
slang term or marijuana). In very basic terms, male plants from the “grow” area, carefully cultivating
marijuana is cultivated explicitly for drug production, only female plants for their flowers. These female
whereas hemp is grown for fiber, seed and oil. Here plants are generally grown to be “bushy” to promote
is how the two plants differ. an abundance of flowers, which are what are
harvested for marijuana.
Seed
Although they are both of the complex cannabis Hemp agriculture is quite different. Male and female
genus, the differences between marijuana and hemp plants are grown very close together, and branching
are many, and start with the seeds: Marijuana strains is discouraged, resulting in tall, thin plants more
have been bred to have elevated THC and low CBD suitable for fiber, and allowing for easier wind
hemp oil, whereas hemp is bred to be just the pollination, which is what is needed to ultimately
opposite. produce hemp seeds. http://www.hempoilfacts.com/

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