Altogether, cannabidiol (CBD) is one of 2 cannabis compounds that tend to receive all the attention in the scientific community, leading to groundbreaking results — the other most well-known compound consists of THC, the sensationalized portion of marijuana that can create a range of psychoactive effects.
One very intriguing aspect is what has recently been discovered is that the CBD & THC cannabinoids tend to produce a synergistic effect; as well as other emerging compounds found in hemp or cannabis. Whether CBG, CBN, etc., their abilities to create an Entourage Effect.
From this, it provides truth to the meaning of the saying, “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Some in the industry refer to this as a debate, some call it a discussion, an obvious attempt. This is where the debate between Full Spectrum and Isolate begins.
Since the discovery that cannabinoids produce a synergistic effect or an Entourage Effect, it has been argued that this effect makes the cannabinoids act differently when combined. Combining CBD with THC along with CBG or any other various concoction of canna-compounds will provide different results than if you were to use a pure form of isolated CBD.
In reference to the 85 known cannabinoids found in cannabis:
- Cannabichromene (CBC): May Increase Neural Progenitor Stem Cells.
- Cannabigerol (CBG): Could slows or kills bacterial growth, improves bone density and reduce inflammation.
- Cannabinol (CBN): Possibly helps treat Insomnia as a sleep aide.
No longer can people use the excuse that we don’t know enough about CBD to determine its effects because there’s just not enough research. While CBD could indeed use more research and there is more to learn, yet there’s so much research already that to claim there isn’t any, is just plain ignorance.
Sometimes when we research too much, we begin to hear more and more conflicting results, due in large part to conflicting business interests, which can further complicate things for people trying to jump into an industry they may feel is an easy profit. Being bombarded by information often leads people into a state of disillusioned apathy – unconcerned and uninterested.
Regardless, people are learning of the advantageous properties of the CBD compound more and more each day. It has caused somewhat of an economic paradigm shift in the industrial make-up.
While CBD has remained and grown in one industry, while simultaneously expanded into a few others. Infiltrating any consumer product or industrial sector of the marketplace with ease, due to it’s undeniable benefits for therapeutic relief.
CBD Establishes Itself
With so many becoming aware of the healing properties associated with the CBD cannabinoid and the federal legislative decision to allow Industrial Hemp to, once-again, be grown on U.S. soil, we have seen a massive expansion of CBD Products in all 50 states.
Therefore, it is important to remember cannabidiol has been given the ability to become independent from the Cannabis/Marijuana Industry.
Cannabidiol is most definitely now it’s own industry with a wide array of products. CBD has not necessarily broken all ties with the Cannabis Industry, however, it is being celebrated as a separate industry in a global marketplace.
CBD extracted from the Hemp plant is being widely accepted as a part of the Wellness Industry. This is a very crucial feature for CBD to become synonymous with health and wellness products a part of the almighty Wellness Industry.
This certainly becomes a protective layer for the CBD industry to shield itself with if the time comes when a government agency like the FDA comes knocking with unnecessary, lengthy and illogical overreaching regulatory guidelines.
Why would being a part of the Wellness Industry help protect the CBD Industry from arbitrary regulations?
Well, the primary factor that could possibly influence why the cannabidiol industry may, in fact, remain untouchable is due to the size and profitability of the Wellness Industry as a whole.
The Industry of Wellness has grown 3 times larger than Big Pharma. This seems impossible, but it’s true and since it is true, it’s safe to say cannabidiol is on a path to become very profitable and even mainstream.
The claims and testimonials from the consumers of CBD products seem to be very heartfelt evidence that the benefits are indeed effective for various forms of therapeutic relief.
Since this cannabinoid has been proven to be highly effective for a number of physical ailments, even though the FDA will not recognize this information, the CBD compound may become a modern emerging industrial power with multiple revenue streams — serving as an extension of the Cannabis Industry, the Industrial Hemp Industry, the Vape Industry and the enormous Wellness Industry. CBD could soon be an industrial sector of the economy worth tens of billions.
