100 days ago, give or take a day,
I got the life changing news:
I’m strong, young, and healthy.
But to remain so, I must
Not have daily Advil
Or daily wine. Or booze.
It wasn’t my liver. That’s fine.
It wasn’t Morbid Obesity.
That never came back.
It was stomach ulcers, scars,
And hiatal hernias.
Bleeding ulcers and anemia.
So I ask the doctor “What then,
CAN I use? For knee pain?”
She answered back
Without missing a beat-
“Try CBD oil!”
Back in the day, 2016
This is all you could get.
One of the first Farm Bills was passed
In 2014 which made a little opening
In the hemp world for the USA.
However, they were weak strains and low doses.
20 mg Full Spectrum Hemp Oil.
This bottle was about $70 then!
Then I found Elixinol.
Still around 10 mg a serving.
They say CBD works only for about 4 years.
Then stops working.
I haven’t had any for a year or so.
Maybe it resets?
Maybe it resets?
Then maybe go back and try again.
Good luck with topical hemp
From back in the day.
I was using Topical Dog Gel
On my knees- hoping for something better.
Very inferior products at best.
Completely unregulated.
Untested. Who knows the actual potency
Of Horse CBD Gel!
“The Weed Nuns.”
Moscow Mitch was actually
on the side of progress.
At least for Industrial Hemp.
Fast forward to 2018
The Farm Bill was passed
Which made hemp legal.
Hemp yes. THC- no.
After a few years, the hemp industry
Started to blossom.
(LOL -See what I did there?)
Now CBD is having a hay day!
Comparing CBD to THC and pot
Might be like comparing the sale
Of wine and beer - to spirits.
Same genus. Different plant
Read more here;
CBD won’t get you high.
That’s not what it’s for!
There is no THC in it.
CBD can be extracted from hemp
Or from cannabis.
My mistake was that I was using CBD oils
Indiscriminately, at best.
I knew there were different strains
But I didn’t know enough about it to ask.
And the industry wasn’t very vocal.
Pot plant versus CBD plant.
Try doing a google search and you’ll get
Many mixed, befuddled answers.
(Kinda like looking up Atkins.
Will it kill ya? Save ya?)
Call CBD plant what it is.
Hemp. There’s no such thing
as a CBD plant per se!
Hemp Gummies on Amazon.
Hemp seeds are pressed for Hemp Oil.
Not the whole plant.
Just the seeds.
They can’t say or sell CBD.
But CBD is legal in every state.
It’s not marijuana. No THC!
Or rather, THC content 0.3% or below.
That was the Primer.
Now, for the class!
Most people know a little about pot.
Even from Cheech and Chong records
Or some cop show on TV
There’s the kind that makes you sleep:
Indica (think - In The Couch)
And the kind that makes you high:
Sativa. High and happy and giggles.
Now comes better living through chemistry.
And botany!
CBD can now be extracted
From specific types of cannabis plants
For specific uses!
Want to sleep?
Try an Indica CBD.
Want to be awake?
Sativa to the rescue!
They even have CBD pre workout!
And that was the problem with
2015 generic CBD.
Low quality hemp stems and
Who knows what else was in those pills!
The one-size-fits-all approach
Was marginally better than aspirin.
Or Advil with a wine chaser.
Now you can smoke the CBD
Specific to your needs.
Or take it as a tincture
Or whatever you like.
This is a typical description
This is a typical description
Of a sleepy time CBD product.
So! I hope this helps.
The world of CBD has come alive!
There’s so much to learn!
Let’s tackle the mountains
of information together!
Right now, there’s more misinformation!
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