Hemp vs. Marijuana

Sep 11, 2019Staff Writer
Hemp vs. Marijuana

Straight Hemp is exclusively a hemp company.

Hemp vs Marijuana

Hemp and marijuana are different. While both plants are members of the same plant family (Cannabis sativa), they possess different chemical profiles and have distinct uses.

While both produce cannabinoids and terpenes, the relative quantities of each are different. Hemp-based products have far less tetrahydrocannabinol —the compound that gives recreational weed users a "high”—than a marijuana-based product.

Hemp is legally defined as any Cannabis Sativa plant with less than 0.3% THC" Straight Hemp utilizes hemp varietals of Cannabis Sativa. Plants with higher than 0.3% THC are considered Marijuana. The THC is what drives the majority of Marijuana's "high".

To be clear, Straight Hemp does contain THC, and you could fail a drug test, but its just not enough to get you "high" like Marijuana, in fact its addition is very helpful in creating the healing entourage effect.

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