[ECtraveler]

Originally Posted by Santalum

But in all seriousness, sensimilla hemp is the game.

I understand the need for it now but I personally don't see this as the future. Why grow hemp for medicine once the laws change? Wouldn't it be better to sow your field with plants that yield 20% CBD instead of 3% and leave hemp for food, fiber & fuel?

[Only Ornamental]

If the law changes...

[ECtraveler]

By this time next year CBD varieties will be legal to grow in the states and once the laws change here the rest of the world will follow like a tidal wave. Could even happen as early as this summer.

[oldchuck]

Originally Posted by ECtraveler

By this time next year CBD varieties will be legal to grow in the states and once the laws change here the rest of the world will follow like a tidal wave. Could even happen as early as this summer.

And then the market will be flooded and the price will crash. If only... So how come you can buy a gram of weed on the street in Portland for $5 while across the river in Vancouver, WA a gram of "recreational" goes for $20?

[ECtraveler]

Didn't say anything about price. Just that that the legal environment is changing and it's happening at an ever accelerating pace.

[Santalum]

Hard to imagine the laws ever changing everywhere. More likely regulation will continue to stifle free market forces and artificially inflate prices of CBD globally for many years to come. Plant breeding is largely occurring illegally ATM for increased CBD varieties, trade is largely 'illegal' (we are in breach of the local laws importing hemp paste for our daughters epilepsy in Australia), because of perceived lack of trial work regulation could impact at the prescription level for years after any liberalization, there is less regulation in hemp than cannabis as a general rule etc etc. So sensimilla hemp is the safest play for CBD dependants as a general rule. You just need to consider learning where the closest local hemp farm is going to likely to be. The next wave of hot stocks will be hemp focused IMO

[ECtraveler]

I didn't mean to imply hemp doesn't have a bright future because it does. It's bio-fuel and fiber potential is well proven. But concerning CBD's legal status in the United States CBD isn't officially listed anywhere in our Controlled Substance Act and is only illegal by interpretation. Legislation has been introduced to address the omission and officially de-schedule it. When that happens there will be no distinction between CBD from hemp and CBD from Cannabis.

[Santalum]

There will be companies looking to produce CBD sythetically via transgenic modification of yeast etc, particularly if the legal impediments remain. I know in the area of sandalwood, which is one of my industries, a French company called Firmenich has uncovered the synthesis pathway for some of the aromatic sesquiterpenes (ie alpha santalol) which give the timber its insane value, and they are now looking to manufacture these compounds in such a manner.

But for parents paying the CBD piper, if you don't like Colorado or Washington State or even the US for that matter, hemp fields are far more abundant than high CBD cannabis ones. Or you move to rural areas, get a license and devote the backyard to producing your own medicine, legally. When you consider everyone will need to likely use CBD at one point in their life to enhance life expectancy, don't underestimate the lengths people will to for health. I just know what my own family has contemplated with our daughter.

[ECtraveler]

Originally Posted by Santalum

But for parents paying the CBD piper, if you don't like Colorado or Washington State or even the US for that matter, hemp fields are far more abundant than high CBD cannabis ones.

For the majority of the 23 states where medicinal marijuana is currently legal that simply is not true. Nor will it be true on a national level(US) by the time election season rolls around next year.

Hemp will get the job done and for the short term that may be the only option for some people but those days are changing. And when they do why use a fork to cut a steak if there's knife sitting next it? Use the best tool for the job.

[DutchHempCBD]

Originally Posted by Only Ornamental

The problem in Europe is the low/zero THC craze and as the enzyme CBDA synthase produces for whatever reason between 5 and 10% THC, all approved varieties are unfavourably low in CBD as well and without a 'miracle' plant or gene technology there's for now no way around this pothole ;( .

@Only Ornamental: I'd like the reference to the literature on this one! Sounds interesting.

Interesting discussion. Yes, there's a lot happening in the world of hemp. Just look at the coming 12 th EIHA conference. They have 9 speakers on CBD! Including dr. Melamide! https://www.eiha-conference.org/programme

Here's an interesting video of DunAgro hemp processer in the Netherlands who started a company Sanahemp that sells CBDA juice. They proces inmature hemflowers and leaves by pressjuicing into a waterbased CBDA 30 mL shot. The CBDA content is relativly low, 54 mg per 100 mL of juice. One box contains 30 sachets of 30 ml juice (900 mL total). One box is 120 euro's. So that that roughly makes it:

CBD m% = 0,054%
Total CBD content = 486 mg
Price per mg CBD = € 0,247

Cool processing line and awesome harvesting technique, though I doubt that plain water is a good choice for a CBD(A) carrier.

LINKS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGoms2B4dy8
https://sanahempjuice.com/en/