I would not say they inherently have to be sprayed. There are plenty of regenerative farmers - think the type of hippies that dont spray anything that isn’t org

I would not say they inherently have to be sprayed. There are plenty of regenerative farmers - think the type of hippies that dont spray anything that isn’t organically derived - that take advantage of this loophole. Spraying of chemicals could happen during the growth of the flower, or it could be spraying of flavorants and terpenes on a finished product, you’ll have to be more specific for me to answer further. I think I get part of your question though. For vapes the loophole is that it can remain in acid form all the way up to the point it is shipped across the country and up til it is decarbed by the consumer hitting the vape. Edibles would need to be decarbed but because of the loophole, you could have 10mg of straight decarbed d9THC in a regular sized cookie and per total weight of the product, it has less than .3% d9THC. D8 distillate production is largely from a supply glut of cbd distillate which can be converted to d8 distillate OR d9 distillate with a process which has been widely publicized since 1971.