CBD
With the signing of the Farm Bill of 2018, cannabidiol (CBD) produced from industrial hemp is now legal almost everywhere in the United States. You can see the explosion of CBD products on the market place. Today, you can purchase varieties of CBD on the internet, your corner store, drug store, grocery store, or smoke shop. There are CBD retail outlets just selling CBD. As in any industry that has such huge potential for profits, there are unscrupulous people selling bottles of who-knows-what as CBD.
Before you buy that tincture or gummy from the local store, stop and check it out first. Does it actually have CBD in the product? How much is in the product? Where did the CBD come from?
Was it tested by a 3rd party lab?
How was it extracted from the plant?
Is the item safe?
These seem like crazy questions to have to consider before buying and taking CBD. Most people believe if it is on the market, it must be safe. NOT TRUE! In this quickly changing marketplace, the regulations for safety and testing have not kept up with the influx of people manufacturing, and white bottling CBD. White bottling refers to the process in which a person/company resells their CBD products, usually in plain white bottles to another person/ company. That second seller then adds their label to the bottles and resells it. Consider that this process could have happened 10 times from the time the original CBD left the producer. When the white bottling occurs, more often than not, the middle man adds something to the product in order to resell more than what they originally purchased. In other words, the original product that may have been lab tested is now changed. How many times has someone added something in order to sell more of a product than what they purchased? You will never know what is in your bottle, until 3rd party testing is mandated for each and every product that we as consumers use in any manner. 58
How many people have changed/added to it from the producer to you?
I first met Kim Britton and Pure Spectrum several years ago. I was in Kauai trying to find CBD for my sore body. The smoke shops had just stopped selling CBD the week before my arrival. I found 2 vials on another island, but that was all that was available. I did an internet search and decided to try Pure Spectrum. I phoned their office, and Kim answered the phone. Our hour-long conversation left me convinced that I had just met a walking encyclopedia on CBD and the endocrine system. Kim often quotes Dr. Mechoulam, from Israel, the grandfather of THC and the Endocannabinoid System. She is constantly updating herself with studies and reads every book she can get her hands on to continue her education. Kim Britton, Pure Spectrum of Evergreen, Colorado, recently spoke with us about how she is working tirelessly to educate people on the benefits of CBD, and also why it is important to purchase safe, tested products. Kim’s journey into the cannabis industry began when she moved to Colorado from Kansas, where she was born and raised until 9th grade. She was in school when Colorado first became a medical marijuana state. Once an adult, she had the opportunity to have an interview for a local Medical Marijuana
