• @givesomefucks
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    2510 months ago

    Tests can’t really tell the difference…

    CBD can have some low levels of THC.

    So you could accumulate enough THC to fail a test, while only using CBD legal products.

    • Flying Squid
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      510 months ago

      Thanks. I’ve always wondered that.

    • @jpreston2005
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      -1210 months ago

      only ingestable CBD oils that aren’t purified would have any trace THC. Using CBD isolate, or CBD products used externally (balms, lotions etc.) will never put THC in your system. Any legitimate CBD seller will have their endocannibinoid analysis up on their webpage for each batch produced.

      • @givesomefucks
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        1810 months ago

        Nope, there’s an allowable level of THC in CBD products

        It doesn’t have to be zero.

        And if I take enough of legal CBD products, I could test above the limit for THC on a drug test. Because of how long THC is detectable, I could reach that level while legitimately not being even a little high during that period.

        Does that make sense?

        • @Copernican
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          410 months ago

          I don’t believe it’s the products, but the plants. CBD plants must contain less than a certain percent THC. But the finished consumer product derived from the plants can have more potent levels of THC creating a weird legal grey area as I understand it.

        • @jpreston2005
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          -410 months ago

          I worked in the CBD Industry since its inception. I ran my own CBD business. I know more about this than you do. While CBD regulations are incredibly lax, there are quality CBD products you can find, and it behooves the CBD consumer that doesn’t want to test positive for THC to read the label and check out the company. Much like someone with a nut allergy, you’re gonna have to read the package.

          CBD is put into products predominantly in one of 3 forms. Crude oil (which will have some THC in it), Distillate (Trace amounts of THC), and Isolate (typically 97-99% pure). If you’re ingesting the product like through an oil tincture, gummies, or other edible product, and it’s CBD content it derived from the addition of crude oil or distillate, you’re going to have trace THC. If it’s from isolate, you won’t.

          However, that THC content is only a concern if you’re ingesting the product. THC isn’t water soluble, so it won’t be absorbed by your skin, unlike CBD. Any topical CBD product will have no risk of THC exposure.

      • @[email protected]
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        810 months ago

        CBD has almost zero regulation and oversight so its labeling is widely inaccurate. Granted, the products reviewed in this study tended to overlabel, so there is some variance. I get that you’re talking more specifically about an in-depth analysis posted per batch on a website. I just don’t see that being a reality with the status quo.

        • @jpreston2005
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          -210 months ago

          Yeah, the industry is a mess because lawmakers don’t understand it enough to regulate it. It’s unfortunate, because my company devoted itself to only ever using CBD Isolate in our products, which eliminates the worry of testing positive for THC. But after a failed merger with a corrupt billionaire, we ended up folding. Capitalism tends to weed out those with good intentions, unfortunately.