- Hello everybody,
and welcome back to another
video from revealcannabis.com.
Today I'm gonna teach
you about the difference
between hemp and Cannabis.
So we're gonna learn about
why it matters so much
where you get your CBD.
What to look for.
We'll talk about the differences between
the U.S market and the
market here in Canada.
I'll give you a couple of
product recommendations
and we'll talk briefly about
how to make your own CBD products.
If that lights you up.
Hi, my name is Andrea
from revealcannabis.com
and I'm a certified
Cannabis coach and educator.
I'm really passionate about teaching you
how you can use Cannabis or CBD
to live a happier, healthier life.
I offer online classes,
one-to-one consultations and a lot more.
So check me out and get some
free stuff at my website.
I like to compare this question to apples,
cause we know a lot
about apples, most of us.
So we know that the species
of plant is called apples,
but there's lots of different varieties
of plants like Macintosh and
Royal Gala and Honey Crisp,
and each of those apples is
used for a different purpose.
Some are used for eating
right off the plant,
some are used for baking,
some are used for applesauce,
and they have their unique properties.
Let's take that same knowledge
and apply it to the plant Cannabis.
So the species is called Cannabis,
but there are several
varieties of Cannabis.
So we've got like Cannabis and also hemp.
Those are the two that
we're gonna talk about today
and just like apples,
hemp versus Cannabis.
They're grown for different purposes
and they have their own unique properties.
They're good for different things,
but they are the same plant,
just like all the different species
or all the different varieties
of apples are still apples.
Let's take a look at this graphic here
just to see that hemp and marijuana
or hemp and Cannabis plants
actually do look quite
different when they're grown.
If you were driving by in a field,
but basically we refer to
them as hemp versus Cannabis.
That's a legal or a linguistic
term to differentiate
between plants that are grown
for the purposes of medicine,
with lots of THC or CBD for example,
and plants that are
grown for other purposes.
So by definition, both legally,
and that's the word we have it for it,
hemp always has 0.3% THC,
that's the molecule that
makes you feel happy
or stoned or euphoric, 0.03% THC or less,
and hemp and Cannabis or
marijuana has 0.04% THC or more.
And it could have up to like 24, 25,
maybe even the low thirties percent THC.
So it can be quite high.
That doesn't mean there's
no difference, right?
There's lots of other differences.
So we know that hemp is grown
to provide things like rope,
textiles, shoes, clothing, food, hemp oil,
hemp seeds are both very good for us.
We can use it as a paper substitute,
it's being used for bioplastics
and biofuels, insulation
and building materials.
So many things hemp is grown for,
but it does not produce a lot of resin,
and that's the sticky glands
that are grown on the Cannabis plant.
And that's where the medicine is.
So hemp is generally not grown for CBD.
Cannabis on the flip side
is bred for medicine,
that's the whole point.
And Cannabis has a very
high resin content,
the lots of sticky glands on it.
And you can use the whole plant.
It just like they do in the hemp plant
where they process the whole plant.
We can use the whole
Cannabis plant for medicine
and for lots of other things too.
So you could technically use
your cut down Cannabis plant
and use it for some of the
properties that we get from hemp.
But what if you get your
CBD currently from hemp?
Like it's confusing, cause you know,
you think you have it from a good source
or you hope that you do,
or maybe you heard that
CBD was good for you
and you bought some at the gas station
cause you can buy it almost anywhere
in the States particularly.
So how do we like figure this out
for our own consumption and health?
So get sticky here.
First of all, no matter how you take it.
CBD is CBD.
It's CBD, it's the same molecule
and it will interact with your
endocannabinoid system
and your other systems
when you consume it.
But the source of your CBD
really, really, really matters
and this is a problem that
we're having worldwide.
So countries that are growing
hemp for industrial purposes
are starting to catch onto the fact that
there's this big CBD craze
and they are taking the leftover biomass
or the leftover plant material
from growing industrial hemp
and sucking out the little
bit of CBD that's in there
and selling it to unsuspecting people.
You need a lot of hemp to
get a tiny little bit of CBD.
And that's a big problem
because hemp and Cannabis
are bioaccumulators,
which means they suck up all
the good stuff in your soil.
They also suck up all the
bad stuff in your soil.
So if they're growing in soils
that have lots of heavy
metals or pesticides
or residues or toxins,
hemp and Cannabis will suck
that all up into themselves.
And then you concentrate that product down
so that you can get a CBD tincture
and that can be really dangerous.
Also we have to consider what's
called the Entourage Effect.
So this is the same theory.
Like if you're thinking about a band
that if you hear one singer,
it might sound beautiful and glorious,
but if you add in another
singer or another instrument,
it can change the whole experience
and then if you add in
a whole bunch of people,
onto your choir or into your band,
then it's going to sound amazing.
The same premise can
be applied to Cannabis.
So Cannabis and hemp grown
for medicine works best
when it comes from the whole plant
and all the compounds in the plant
are in your final product.
That means that it hasn't
been processed all to death
and that all these other
beneficial molecules
like flavonoids and terpenes
and the other cannabinoids in there,
you have that in your system as well
and because they're grown for medicine
they will have higher concentrations,
much higher concentrations
of those other beneficial
cannabinoids and terpenes.
This does make your CBD seem
to work much more effectively.
Oftentimes people can use less CBD
when they're using a
whole plant quality source
of flower or a product.
And that's really exciting.
Cause CBD, as we all know is expensive.
Let's talk about what it looks
like in the United States
for you guys right now.
So it used to mean industrial hemp
used to mean hemp that was being used
for industrial purposes,
but recently you had
some legislation changes
and now industrial hemp
is also starting to mean,
hemp that's grown for CBD,
which makes that really,
really confusing again.
I'd like you, if you live in the States
to start looking locally
for craft hemp growers
or craft Cannabis growers who are growing
the plants for medicine,
and they're doing it with lots of love,
that would be a great
place to source your CBD.
Ensure that you either trust the farmer
or that you're getting
third-party lab testing
from the person who's giving you
or selling you the Cannabis or hemp.
Make sure you're getting testing
for heavy metals, pesticides,
all those bad things
that you don't wanna have
in your medicine, a
recommendation for you.
If you're looking for flower,
so hemp or Cannabis flower for
CBD, Sacred Smoke Botanicals,
it's a one woman operation
and she really puts a lot of
love and care into her plants.
And I recommend her wholeheartedly.
And then if you're looking for products,
I recommend Joy Organics.
So they have, if you don't
wanna make it yourself
and you don't wanna smoke or vape it,
they have everything for you.
So tinctures and gummies,
and they even have dog products there.
Important to know that
Joy Organics products
do not have any THC in them at all,
which doesn't allow for
the entourage effect
to work quite as effectively.
But if you are concerned
about being drug screened,
then that is an important
consideration for you.
There's discount codes
for both of those places
in the description down below.
Let's talk about Canada now.
So our CBD market is
much, much more regulated
than what's happening
South of our borders.
If you're purchasing
CBD from illegal source,
so that means from your
provincial or territorial store
you'll know that it was from a plant
that was grown from medicine
and that has been lab tested
and is safe for you to consume.
On the flip side though,
we don't have access to the same kind of
quality craft hemp
growers and hemp producers
that they have in the United States.
So this is a good opportunity again,
for you to make your own,
grow your own plants
and then make your own.
Product recommendation that I do have,
I don't have any affiliation
with them, but it's,
you can find this product
in most of Canada,
it's called Free, a CBD oil called Free
from a company Soleil and
it's an inexpensive CBD oil.
And it seems to work quite
well for lots of my clients.
If you love doing it by yourself
or like doing it on your own,
I whole heartedly agree.
First of all, it's super easy.
People often think that you need
all this complicated equipment
and all this knowledge
to make a good Cannabis
butter for example.
And it's really much simpler than that.
It's also much less expensive
than paying the dispensary prices for it.
And finally, you get to decide
and you get to know exactly
what's going in or on your body.
So I have two courses that
are designed to help you
become like the Cannabis
Ninja pro in the kitchen.
One is focused on making
Cannabis tinctures and butters
and oils and topicals
and drinks and gummies.
There's kind of like the
one stop shop for courses.
And the second one really hones in
on Cannabis skincare products.
So for example, Cannabis pain serve,
or face serum or cream to
help with eczema or pain.
So you can check both of
those out on my website.
Again, it's revealCannabis.com.
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