CBD In North Dakota

Assuming you have a medical marijuana card, you have your choice of cannabis oils containing THC or hemp CBD oils which are essentially devoid of THC. The question is, aside from using cannabis for “recreational” purposes, do you really need the THC? It’s complicated. Some patients do just fine without the THC, while others claim that hemp-derived CBD oils without THC don’t work at all for them.

There are instances where THC can make matters worse. One of the most common reasons that people use CBD oil is to reduce stress and anxiety. However, above certain levels, THC can actually increase anxiety and cause feelings of paranoia.

Moreover, using products containing THC can result in failing a drug test or a roadside sobriety test. This, in turn, can result in losing a job or losing your driver’s license and paying heavy fines. This is true even for patients with medical marijuana cards.

Although many medical marijuana experts and patients insist that issues such as seizures and muscle spasms seem to respond better to cannabis oils when there is some THC, the FDA recently approved a drug called Epidiolex for treating seizures which is essentially pure CBD. In order to get this approval, the drug had to undergo multiple clinical trials in order to prove that the drug is safe and that it actually works.

If you’re just using CBD oil to maintain health and wellbeing, rather than to treat a particular medical condition, then you’re really better off staying away from cannabis oils containing THC.

Another thing to consider is that no matter which kind of CBD oil you buy — hemp or marijuana-derived — is whether to use full-spectrum oils or CBD-infused oils.

Basically, CBD oil is made by extracting the essential oils from the resinous buds of the hemp plant. The raw hemp extract contains not only cannabinoids but also compounds known as terpenes which are actually far more potent than cannabinoids when it comes to their effects on the human body.

Cannabinoids are actually odorless. The dank smell of marijuana and hemp is the result of terpenes. Miniscule amounts of terpenes can greatly influence not only the aroma of the plant but also its medicinal effects. While cannabinoid levels of a plant are measured in percentage of dry weight, terpenes are measured in parts per million.

Raw cannabis extracts have a complete spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes as found in the original plant, hence the term full-spectrum oil. The raw extract can be filtered and refined and mixed with other oils such as coconut oil.

Cannabis extracts can also be refined to the point of producing pure cannabinoids. These pure cannabinoids can then be infused into things like CBD vape oils or CBD edibles or beverages, CBD skin creams, and so on, or put into capsule or pill form. Products which are made in this way do not contain terpenes and are therefore not considered full-spectrum oils.

Terpenes have a much wider range of medicinal effects than cannabinoids. They have been used in a healing modality known as aromatherapy for centuries.

As a result of the varying amounts of terpenes in different strains of marijuana, the effects of each strain are unique. Some make you more relaxed, others make you more alert. Some are great for helping to reduce pain, others are excellent choices to reduce seizures.

You’ll have to do a little research to determine if a product is a full-spectrum oil or a CBD infused oil. If the ingredients say “hemp CBD oil,” then it’s likely to be full-spectrum oil. If the ingredients only list CBD then it’s likely to be an infused product.

If you’re using CBD oil or cannabis oil for purposes such as reducing seizures, you might want to avoid these full-spectrum products. However, if you’re using CBD to help you sleep at night, you might be better off using a full-spectrum oil. It might take some experimentation to determine what works best for you.