With synthetic cannabinoids we can have really strong THC why cant we have a synthetic version of CBD that’s super strong?
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I’m unsure what you mean by synthetic cannabinoids. Cannabinoids react to the endocannabinoid system and many cannabinoids enhance others or become different with time. For example, CBD works better with THC present, even if there isn’t enough THC to create a psychoactive effect. Further, even THC is kind of tricky since it only becomes the fun THC (and not THCa) once heat is applied.
It isn’t that there is super potent THC – just higher concentrations of it in different products that are used by your body in different ways. Sometimes the method of use changes how potent something can feel, just because of your unique body make up.
If you’re referring to more concentrated THC, like distillate, that isn’t synthetic. Sometimes botanical terpenes, like linalool, can enhance a certain effect, like relaxation. But those aren’t usually synthetic either.
Also, your body has endocannibanoid receptors in different parts of the body and cannibanoids are shaped differently, even from each other. CBD is shaped differently than THC or CBN. They just don’t work the same way and anything that is a ‘synthetic’ version is definitely not the same thing. Potency is determined by how much of a thing is present, not how ‘strong’ it is.
Source: I’m a budtender and sometimes distillation helper. I regularly take classes created by companies about their products and have hands in education in the industry, with product, and knowledge about cannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system.
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