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I discovered delta 8 a couple of weeks back and tried it. My first thought was pretty much "Oh man, they made a huge oversight." Many people that have tried it,

by jgrowl 6y ago

I discovered delta 8 a couple of weeks back and tried it. My first thought was pretty much "Oh man, they made a huge oversight." Many people that have tried it, say that they prefer it because it is not taxed as marijuana so they get around paying a lot. I mean you can buy an entire ounce of 95% pure Delta-8-THC distillate for $100ish. To give perspective, it is a sizable jar and you literally can scrape out about the size of a rice grain of this hard/sticky substance and get ripped. There is a whole thriving market emerging with vape cartridges/pens, candies and different blends of various cannabinoids to elicit different desired effects. Hopefully they will just pass the MORE act and we'll have full legalization across the board, but at least it will be harder to change the law with respect to just hemp derived products now.

aphextron 6y ago
>My first thought was pretty much "Oh man, they made a huge oversight." The entire Farm Bill was really clever. Republicans in congress and red state legislatures had pushed back against "medicinal" legalization over and over for years. But frame it as something to support rural farmers, and all of the sudden they're on board. I don't think they understood at all the actual reality of what it meant to legalize "industrial hemp". The floodgates are open and there's basically no stopping it now.
pmoriarty 6y ago
As with any novel drug, I have to ask: How much human use has there been of this drug throughout history? If the answer is "not much", then you are basically experimenting on yourself.
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- jgrowl 6y ago
  I can't argue that it isn't self-experimentation. However we are not talking about synthetic chemicals on the same order as Spice/K2. Delta 8 does exist in Marijuana naturally, just at lower concentrations than that of D9. So at least on some level humans have used it as long as they have used cannabis. D8 is sourced from hemp. There is a chemical extraction process similar to that used with d9. There have also been medical studies on d8. Israel did a study in the 90s showing efficacy for treating chemotherapy induced nausea and has been known to chemists since the 70s. Point taken though that everyone needs to consider the potential negatives before trying it themselves. Especially since some people react very negatively with regular cannabis. As always, it is important to know your body and know your drug.

by jgrowl 6y ago

aphextron 6y ago

>My first thought was pretty much "Oh man, they made a huge oversight." The entire Farm Bill was really clever. Republicans in congress and red state legislatures had pushed back against "medicinal" legalization over and over for years. But frame it as something to support rural farmers, and all of the sudden they're on board. I don't think they understood at all the actual reality of what it meant to legalize "industrial hemp". The floodgates are open and there's basically no stopping it now.

pmoriarty 6y ago

As with any novel drug, I have to ask: How much human use has there been of this drug throughout history? If the answer is "not much", then you are basically experimenting on yourself.

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jgrowl 6y ago
I can't argue that it isn't self-experimentation. However we are not talking about synthetic chemicals on the same order as Spice/K2. Delta 8 does exist in Marijuana naturally, just at lower concentrations than that of D9. So at least on some level humans have used it as long as they have used cannabis. D8 is sourced from hemp. There is a chemical extraction process similar to that used with d9. There have also been medical studies on d8. Israel did a study in the 90s showing efficacy for treating chemotherapy induced nausea and has been known to chemists since the 70s. Point taken though that everyone needs to consider the potential negatives before trying it themselves. Especially since some people react very negatively with regular cannabis. As always, it is important to know your body and know your drug.