The cannabis wellness conversation is hyper-focused on cannabinoids, when it should focus on how weed is grown.
As science further enters the world of weed politics, THC, the cannabinoid that contains the psychoactive properties in cannabis, has become the villain. At the beginning of the War on Drugs, cannabis as a whole was the menace, a scourge that could divide America, a racist tool used to target immigrants and Black and brown communities. But in today’s charged political climate, it’s not cannabis as a whole that’s the perceived danger; it’s THC. And, when it comes to the wellness conversation around weed, the benefits of the plant are far more nuanced than singling out certain cannabinoids. The re-emerging political conversation attempting to define which cannabinoids are “good” and “beneficial” misses a critical component: the way that cannabis is grown is essential to boosting its medicinal properties. In a number of ways, including an aversion to THC, cannabis grown under the sun is better for individual wellness and the world.
Demon Weed
The federal government has taken action to revisit the definition of legal hemp, which, when it was interpreted as plants or products with less than .3% THC by dry weight, opened the door for the wide rainbow of cannabinoids present in the cannabis plant. Once the powers that be caught on to the fact that cannabinoids other than THC could have intoxicating effects, efforts to limit their legality were passed. And, last month, direction to examine rescheduling the classification of cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act, which began during the Biden Administration, made headlines. President Donald Trump’s executive order to complete the rescheduling review process for cannabis was coded in a certain language: parts of cannabis, namely CBD, could have some medicinal value.
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Author: Ellen Holland / High Times
