Hey (Combustion) Fuckers,
So I've been looking into CBD to vaporize for health purposes, and was just wondering what experiences you guys have had with vaping THC-free CBD. Also, what is your favorite online CBD vendor (that ships to all 50 states).
I'd be looking for a vendor who sell isolated CBD crystals if I were you.
CBD isolates from industrial hemp are preferable if you want 50 state legal, since there is a higher likelihood of this being a genuine 50 state legal product - also remember that it doesn't matter whether it came from industrial hemp - if it is pure CBD, it doesn't matter what the source of the CBD was. Shit's all the same when you put it through the mass spectrometer!
With 100% or near 100% CBD, you can then mix this material in with your dabs or flowers and enjoy the benefits of CBD alongside your preferred terp/cannabinoid profile.
To rule out many of the valid concerns surrounding shady CBD products, pure CBD isolates with appropriate COA's from bona fide testing labs are a sure-fire way to get what you are meaning to pay for!
I would not purchase eliquids, oral oils or any CBD preparation that is not pure CBD crystals if it is sold online and purported to be 50 state legal. There is so much snake oil out there including a large number of infamous 'CBD' products of these kinds that have been found not to contain CBD at all or in anywhere near the concentrations they were advertised to contain!
Not only that, but tinctures, eliquid and oral preparations are typically mixed with solvents (PG/VG/ethanol etc) and other vegetable oil carriers - you may find the bulk of what you are paying good money for in fact is not the CBD you were looking for. As well you are relying on the producers skills to emulsify/dissolve the actives in the carrier solvent which is easier with some solvents than others. Any uneven mixture of these elements means that a given batch of tincture/ejuice/whatever could be very different to what it says on the packaging!
Ejuice solvents (PG/VG) are now known to produce probable carcinogens including glycidol and propylene oxide respectively
when vaporized (the amount varies according to the voltage you use with your given ecig cart - dual coil carts produce less of the offending compounds than single coil carts) and no product that a medical patient is vaporizing should contain these compounds (we should all avoid this stuff really - none of us need probable carcinogens - but especially in medical scenarios avoid these fillers!).
Now to the question of crude extracts: What I refer to by 'crude extracts' are the kinds of extracts that we most commonly dab from cannabis varieties we all know and love that contain THC, stuff like BHO, rosin, QWISO, QWET, even bubble and dry sift. These are not considered isolates and are described as 'crude' because they collect a large fraction of the compounds in the original plant material, rather than very specific ones.
Regarding High CBD Cannabis varieties (not industrial hemp!):
You do not want crude extracts from high CBD non-industrial-hemp chemovars if you wanna buy it out of state.
These high CBD containing plant chemovars (the varieties of cannabis plants that have high %'s of CBD in one or more phenos - like ACDC for example) tend also to have very low up to moderate amounts of THC, which may on the very low end of the spectrum be negligible but still above the very low threshold (which escapes me right now, but is a fraction of 1%) required of a product for 50 state legal shipping.
This means that unless the source is using isolation techniques to remove the THC which will jack the retail price right up depending on the methods they are using (also potentially brings in some very dangerous solvents where chromatography is concerned; you wanna have a legit chemist doing this kind of job, not a cannabis guy/extract artist. None of us will be surprised to learn that a legit organic/analytical chemist is going to ask for higher remuneration than some dude running a closed loop and a vac oven in his garage), crude extracts from high CBD cannabis chemovars are likely to fall foul of 50 state legal requirements. It is likely more financially beneficial for a processor working with these high CBD, low THC containing cannabis phenotypes to make crude extracts and sell them locally (without working to remove the THC completely). Less labor for a solid cash return and will be more preferable to most customers.
This kind of product would actually be great in your situation if you did not have to get it over state lines (which is an idea that I wouldn't mess with!) lol
Regarding Industrial Hemp CBD Extracts
You do not want crude extracts (BHO/rosin/etc) from industrial hemp varieties either - only pure isolates (achieved by fractional distillation/chromatography etc). This is because industrial hemp varieties can frequently have very, very low total % of CBD vs other unwanted/inactive compounds. However, pure isolates of CBD from this source material with a valid COA (certificate of analysis) from a legit testing lab to verify that it is the real deal are a better method to buy CBD across state lines. I would suggest looking for this kind of product.
* Note: You could find CBD isolates from high CBD chemovars rather than industrial hemp but you are likely to find that this is more expensive since the scale with which these chemovars are grown is dwarfed by comparison to the scale of various industrial hemp grows around the globe. Especially because where plants are able to be grown that have any THC to speak of (whether high CBD chemovars or not), the tendency is to grow more of the THC varieties.
Final note:
Do not be intimidated by high prices of isolated pure CBD crystals. You will be likely to find that 0.025-.04g of pure CBD mixed with a small amount of your preferred material will provide the equivalent CBD in weight to a large dab of a high CBD bho/rosin! A little bit will go a very long way!
I hope this helps anyone looking for CBD, which is a very effective medicine for some ailments for which the other options are pretty grim!
For those who are recreational users, unless you are finding that your regular THC containing material is getting you uncomfortable or paranoid/anxious - you might find that CBD is not what you want to be using, it could even reduce the desired effects of your THC based material for you.
