WHERE THEY COME FROM ALL. COMING UP NEXT. >> WHAT IS CBD YOU MIGHT KNOW
SOMEONE WHO TAKES IT IN SOME
FORM ITS POPULAR. IT’S EASY
TO GET AND IT’S LEGAL. BUT WHAT
EXACTLY IS IT IN THIS KSAT
EXPLAINS? WE BREAK DOWN THE
DIFFERENCES IN SOME OF THE
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN CBD, THC
AND DELTA. 8.
>> AND THE LEGAL BATTLE THAT’S
UNDERWAY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK OF BUSINESSES
THAT ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE,
THINK PHARMACIES COFFEE SHOPS,
CBD STORES. WE MEDICALS LOCALS
TOPICALS TINCTURES. JAY IS THE
MANAGER OF ARCHIE’S FIND COFFEE
AND CBD ON HUEBNER NEAR I-10.
YEP. THEY PUT CBD IN COFFEE.
>> WE CAN PUT INTO YOUR DRINK
8 IN THE CAFFEINE AND THE
JITTERS THAT YOU GET FROM
CAFFEINE AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY
SCARED TO TRY IT BECAUSE THEY
THINK IT’S LIKE COLLECTIVE.
BUT IT’S NOT KIDS CAN HAVE IT.
OUR CHEESE HAS BEEN OPEN ABOUT
A YEAR. IT’S ONE OF THE MANY
BUSINESSES SELLING CBD IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS. IT’S
DEFINITELY AN ALTERNATIVE
ROUTE. A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING
FOR ANXIETY PAIN, MY HUSBAND’S
IN THE MILITARY. SO I MEAN
THAT. REALLY STRESSFUL AT
TIMES. I’M SO IT REALLY HELPS
ME WITH FREE BEING AND HOPE TO
SEE THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING IN FOR ARTHRITIS PAIN,
SLEEP AND ANXIETY ARE ALSO THE
MAIN ISSUES THAT BRING
CUSTOMERS TO ALAMO BOTANICALS.
THEY WERE THE FIRST DEDICATED
HEMP STORE IN TEXAS NOW WITH
SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN SAN
ANTONIO. I THINK A LOT OF THE
STIGMA IS STARTING TO BE BROKEN
AND WORD OF MOUTH. PEOPLE
STARTING TO SEE OUTCOMES IN
THEIR LIVES WITH.
>> PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT THERE,
A CHANGE IN LAW PLANTED THE
SEED FOR THAT. FIRST TO THE
FEDERAL LEVEL WITH THE 2018
FARM BILL LEGALIZED COMMERCIAL
HEMP PRODUCTION IN THE U.S.
WHILE ALSO REMOVING HIM FROM
THE LIST OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES. THEN CAME THE TEXAS
LAW IN 2019.
>> IT CREATED A STATEWIDE
INDUSTRIAL HEMP PROGRAM AND TO
FIND WHAT’S LEGAL AND CAN BE
SOLD. A LEGAL HEMP PRODUCT IN
TEXAS MUST NOT CONTAIN MORE
THAN 2.3% THC BY WEIGHT.
SO THERE’S THC, WHICH IS WHAT
YOU PROBABLY THINK OF WHEN IT
COMES TO MARIJUANA. BUT THC IS
ALSO FOUND IN HEMP, WHICH IS
WHERE CBD COMES FROM. AND THEN
THERE’S SOMETHING CALLED DELTA
8. SO, YEAH, IT’S A LITTLE BIT
HAZY. CBD STANDS FOR CAN HAVE
A DIET AND IT’S A
>> CHEMICAL THAT’S PRODUCED
BY THE CANNABIS PLANT. HEMP AND
MARIJUANA ARE 2 TYPES OF
CANNABIS PLANTS, BOTH CONTAIN
CBD AND THC. A
K A
>> TO TRY TO CONNECT WITH ALL
THE DIFFERENT CHEMICAL. IT’S
PRODUCED BY THE MARIJUANA PLANT
ALONG WITH CANNOT WITH I O, BUT
IN MUCH GREATER AMOUNTS THAT
YOU SEE AND HAVE PLAN B, THC, A
PSYCHOACTIVE THAT HIGHER AMOUNT
OF THC IN MARIJUANA IS WHAT
GETS A PERSON. WELL TIME.
THAT’S THANKS TO THE 2 MOST
COMMON CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OF
THC, DELTA, 8 AND DELTA, 9.
>> WE THINK OF DELTA 9 IS
THE MAIN PSYCHOACTIVE COMPONENT
IN MARIJUANA. WHAT THERE IS
DELTA, 8 PRESIDENT AS WELL.
AND IT PROBABLY CONTRIBUTES TO
SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF
MARIJUANA THAT WE THINK OF
DELTA 9 ARE ALSO IN HIM.
BUT AGAIN, A LOWER AMOUNTS THAT
IN MARIJUANA, WHAT ENDS UP
HAPPENING IS PEOPLE MAKE HIM.
AND WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE
CAN HAVE A DIAL.
THEY REMOVED FROM THAT AND IS
CONVERTED INTO TO TRY TO
IF THEY CONVERTED INTO DELTA.
9 PITCHER HAD TO HAVE IT ALL.
THEY COULD RUN INTO SOME LEGAL
PROBLEMS, BUT BECAUSE THEY’RE
SORT OF A GRAY AREA AROUND
DELTA, 8.
>> THEY’RE CONVERTING IT INTO
DELTA, 8 THC AND SELLING THOSE
PRODUCTS. AND THAT’S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED. BUSINESSES BEGAN
SELLING DELTA 8 IN DRINKS
GUMMIES. CHOCOLATES ROLLS TO
BE SMOKED. THIS IS DELTA 8.
SO HIM FLOWER AND THEN THEY
HAVE THAT BASICALLY ISOLATE
KIND OF LOOKS LIKE BLACKS.
>> AND THEY PUT IT ON THE FLOUR
TO MAKE IT PSYCHOACTIVE LIKE
THE A LOT OF STUDENTS GET
THESE. BUT A LOT OF MOMS GET
THE USUALLY THE WAY DON’T THEY
USE ACTUALLY PRODUCES FROM CBD.
>> THROUGH CONVERSION PROCESS,
WHILE CBD IS NATURALLY FOUND
IN HIM. DELTA AGE DERIVED FROM
CBD AND HEMP IS MADE IN A LAB
AT LEAST WHAT’S BEING SOLD.
>> THIS IS NOT A NATURAL
PRODUCT PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK OF
THIS IS AND THIS IS ANOTHER
MISCONCEPTION AS A NATURAL
PRODUCT. BUT IT HAS BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE PLAN AND THEN
A HIGHLY PROCESSED TO CONVERT
IT INTO THIS DELTA 8 PRODUCTS.
YOU’RE STARTING OUT WITH CBD
LIKE TO SEE THE MOLECULE AND
THEN YOU’RE GOING THROUGH A
NICE SUMMER IS A SHUN PROCESS.
>> AND THEN THROUGH THAT, BUT
YOU ACTUALLY GET A NEW MOLECULE
TOGETHER, THIS THC. SO THAT’S
USUALLY HOW DELTA 8 IS PRODUCED
AN INDUSTRY TODAY. SO IT’S KIND
OF A WORKAROUND IS THAT IT IS
ALL THE WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
YES, IT’S NOT PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES FROM
THE PLAN TO TO BE EXTRACTED
OR ISOLATED ANY MEANINGFUL
INDUSTRIES.
>> MEANING WITHOUT THAT WORK
AROUND, IT DOESN’T HAVE MUCH
EFFECT ON PEOPLE. THE 2019
STATE HEMP LAW DOESN’T
SPECIFICALLY OUTLAW
HEMP-DERIVED DELTA. 8. THE
STATE LATER SAW THAT LOOPHOLE
AND ADDED DELTA 8 TO ITS LIST
OF SCHEDULE. ONE CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES, MAKING IT ILLEGAL.
THE STATE SAYS THAT SUCH
SUBSTANCES HAVE A HIGH
POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE OR LACK
EXCEPTED SAFETY USE IN
TREATMENT. BUT BUSINESSES WERE
ALREADY SELLING DELTA 8.
SO THEN CAME A LAWSUIT.
>> CBD BUSINESS IN AUSTIN
CALLED HOMETOWN HERO FILED SUIT
IN 2021. CLAIMING THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH
SERVICES DIDN’T GIVE THEM
ENOUGH. NOTICE OF THE CHANGE
IN CLASSIFICATION OF DELTA.
8.
>> AND THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO
LOSE MONEY AND CUSTOMERS IN
NOVEMBER. 21, A JUDGE AGREED
AND ISSUED A TEMPORARY
INJUNCTION AGAINST THE STATE
WHICH MEANS DELTA 8 IS ABLE TO
BE SOLD AND USED FOR NOW.
>> PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AN
THAT’S NOT, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY
ARE OFF THE STREET, BUT STILL
REALLY PO AND JUST LIKE A
MARIJUANA IS. BUT I’M JUST
LEGAL. THAT COULD CHANGE JUST
LIKE THE CBD INDUSTRY ALREADY
IS. THERE’S NO WIDELY ACCEPTED
EVIDENCE YET ON HOW CBD CAN BE
EFFECTIVELY USED. IT’S BEEN
VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH ON THESE COUPLES
BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN ILLEGAL
FOR SO LONG. WE’RE REALLY AT
THE FOREFRONT OF CREATING
EVIDENCE
OURSELVES BECAUSE
>> WHERE WE’RE ACTUALLY HAVING
TO DO A LOT OF THE RESEARCH
OURSELVES AND THIS AND A LOT OF
IT IS EXPERIMENTATION.
BUT THERE’S IT’S BASED ON
RATION OUT. WE’RE NOT JUST KIND
OF THROWING STUFF IN A BOTTLE
AND HOPING FOR THE BEST.
BOTH ALAMO BOTANICALS AND
ARCHIE’S MAKE THEIR OWN
PRODUCTS AND TELL US THEY’RE
TESTED BY THIRD-PARTY LABS.
>> BUT AS FAR AS HOW CBD
PRODUCTS ARE FORMULATED, THEY’D
DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> THESE PRODUCTS ARE NOT
REGULATED BY THE FDA. SO THEY
ARE. IT’S A WILD WEST. YOU’RE
THEY’RE SELLING YOU THE PRODUCT
AND YOU’RE TAKING IT UNDER
FAITH THAT THAT COMPANY IS
GIVING YOU WHAT THEY TELL YOU.
THEY’RE GIVING YOU THE
ANECDOTES ABOUT CBD USE ARE
GROWING.
>> WHETHER REGULATION AND
RESEARCH ARE OR NOT. BUT
>> THE EDUCATION NEEDS TO BE
THERE. THAT ADVOCACY BECAUSE
HEMP IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS
CANNABIS, BUT IT’S ALSO
MEDICINE. IT’S ALSO A DRUG AND
THE SPECIAL CARE NEEDS TO BE
GIVEN IN ALL CASES WHERE PEOPLE
ARE TAKING MEDICINES.
>> OF COURSE, IT IS ALWAYS BEST
TO TALK TO YOUR OWN DOCTOR
ABOUT CBD OR ANY SUPPLEMENT.
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