I never considered being able to purchase cannabis legally in our lake apartment state this early on, but it’s lovely regardless.
For years I claimed that I would transport out west to a legal marijuana state because I figured that the conservatives in our own state would never get behind something love medical or recreational cannabis, especially as early as 2016.
However, our state passed a constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana with over 68% of the electorate approving the measure. That’s a important show of support, especially for something that was previously a much more controversial issue. In just multiple years, the tide of public opinion shifts enough for real change to take place. But it wasn’t just our state & other states legalizing cannabis that made such a important difference nationwide. It was also the 2018 Farm Bill that broadly legalized CBD & other cannabinoids as long as they’re extracted from plants with less than 0.3% of THC per dry weight. Those plants are designated with the status of “hemp” while anything with more THC is called “marijuana” & still subject to the Controlled Substances Act. To get the CBD out of the hemp plants, several companies carbon dioxide at supercritical temperatures as a chemical solvent to pull the cannabinoid out of the plant material. If you have a full spectrum CBD product, that means care was given to pulling out terpenes & other cannabinoids love CBG & CBC. Having more terpenes & cannabinoids present with the CBD contributes to the entourage effect that is experienced with raw plant forms of cannabis & hemp.