How was cannabis cbd created?
The cannabis cbd, which we have seen the appearance of several years ago, is not the result of chance but of a reflection initiated by many geneticists across the world.
What is cbd cannabis?
Cbd cannabis is cannabis that has a thc level (psychotropic and illegal cannabis molecule) below the legal thresholds, which allows it to be marketed legally. In addition, this cannabis is enriched with cannabidiol which is another cannabinoid present in cannabis but which is not euphoric and completely legal in most countries.
The theory
It is with an increasing knowledge of the different cannabinoids that geneticists have been able to theorize cbd cannabis. By noting that what provided its illegal and psychotropic aspect to cannabis was thc, the geneticists therefore assumed that if we managed to create a cannabis devoid of this molecule, it would no longer be psychotropic and therefore no longer illegal in the eyes of the law.
In addition, by noting the many applications of cannabidiol, geneticists have concluded that a cannabis almost devoid of thc and with an increased level of cbd would make it possible to obtain legal cannabis but which would still have a soothing and sometimes useful for certain medicinal applications.
Practice
In practice, the technique is simple and well known to geneticists who create new varieties of cannabis every day. It is enough to simply cross the cannabis plants which have the desired characteristics with other individuals presenting the same traits, until isolating as the crossings progress the plants with the most potential.
On paper this work seems easy; but it is not and it took many years of patience and work before managing to obtain the first cbd cannabis plant which had an almost negligible thc level and a high cbd level.
In reality, cannabis plants with a thc level below the legal thresholds have already existed for a long time, and it is called industrial hemp, but these varieties of cannabis are used for their high production of branches and leaves and do not have no interest in terms of flavors and effects. This is why certain varieties of industrial hemp could be used during crossings to reduce the rate of thc, but that this one cannot be used in the state at the risk of having a cannabis cbd, which does not provide any effect. and which has no interest from the organoleptic point of view.
It was only after whole years of breeding work that the first varieties of cbd cannabis were marketed, with both a relevant flavor, a high cbd level, and a thc level below the legal thresholds.