Making the Right Choice: What’s the Best Source for CBD?
So, you’re considering trying out consumable cannabidiol (CBD). No doubt, you’re looking to relieve pain or other symptoms like stress or anxiety due to a long-term illness/ condition?
The good news is that CBD may well prove fruitful for you; the less good news — although it’s not that bad news, for sure — is you’re going to have to be patient, as you take time to work out whether going to, say, a high-street vape shop you’d otherwise visit for Heets UK or to a specialist online CBD retailer is your best bet. That’s because you’ll have to work out what, for you, is the best way to consume CBD…
Is cannabis a good source for CBD?
It’s legal, now, of course, to use cannabis for medicinal purposes in the UK. However, it’s important to note, too, that if cannabis is what you need for medicinal reasons, go ahead and purchase and use cannabis, but if CBD’s what you think you’ll need for medicinal reasons, your best bet is not to purchase and use cannabis to get its CBD content; instead, you’ll be better off purchasing consumable CBD on its own (for instance, if you were to buy e liquid online that’s CBD-infused).
Yes, as is well known, consumable cannabis contains CBD — because CBD is a naturally-occurring chemical in the cannabis plant — but the point here is that, unlike cannabis, CBD on its own isn’t psychoactive; it won’t get you high. That’s because, unlike in cannabis, CBD doesn’t come complete with the chemical that makes cannabis psychoactive, namely tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
The psychoactive effect of cannabis can certainly offer a relaxing, calming and therapeutic effect and, sure, in itself, it may well be beneficial for medicinal cannabis users. Yet, for those seeking relief from pain and other symptoms of long-standing ailments and conditions and whom don’t desire ‘getting high’ at the same time, consuming CBD is the way to go.
So, it’s impossible to get high from CBD, on its own?
Yes. So long as you purchase your CBD (say, as a vape juice, in capsule form or as gummies) from a reputable, respectable online or high-street retailer like a vape Shop Charing Cross Rd. Should you do this, the CBD certainly shouldn’t contain enough THC to have any psychoactive on you.
Not enough THC? That’s right; in the vast majority of cases, whatever the form of legal CBD you purchase in the UK, it will likely comprise trace levels of THC (generally up to and no more than 0.3% of its total volume). Without doubt, that level of the latter chemical isn’t near enough to get you high or interfere with the efficacy of CBD in delivering relief of pain and other symptoms.
Be careful what CBD you buy
When you start out vaping CBD — especially if you don’t expect to immerse yourself fully into the vaping culture of personalised box mods and ‘cloud chasing’ — it’s easy to be lured into buying the cheapest, most bargain-basement vape pen, as your starter device, you can find. Resist this temptation; seriously, only purchase a device from a retailer you’d visit to buy, say, the latest IQOS cigarette.
The trouble with the cheap-as-chips devices you’ll find online from non-recommended sellers is they’re that cheap for a reason; these devices and accompanying equipment may not have properly passed quality and health product checks. Needless to say, that also goes for whatever consumable CBD you buy; whether it’s CBD-infused vape juice, capsules or sweets. Only purchase something you feel safe and comfortable buying. Remember you’re going to breathe it in or swallow it — the idea is it’s going to make you feel better, not worse!
