What the Hell is CBD?

Okay, okay, so let’s clear the air; CBD is NOT weed, CBD is NOT Hemp Oil. Cannabis is an AMAZING plant that, for the past 100 plus years, has been getting a lot of backlash from “the man.” I think it’s because they haven’t found the best way to make money off a plant without turning it into a cigarette-but hey, what do I know? Anyway- the plant does more than get you high-actually the plant doesn’t do that at all; the flowers do (only female plants yield flowers or bud, if you will). So, where does CBD come from? The stems and leaves, versus Hemp coming from the seeds of the Hemp plant.

Yes, Hemp and Cannabis are two totally different plants-they’re more like cousins.

We naturally have receptors in our brain in our body, where cannabinoids bind via the endocannabinoid system. Hemp contains NO CANNABINOIDS AT ALL!!! That’s right, no THC or CBD! (Go figure). With that being said, one can literally feel the effects and possible effects that CBD has to offer once it’s released into your bloodstream. Regardless of how it makes its way there, eating, drinking, topically-you’ll feel it! I don’t know if you caught it, but I definitely put-affect. Yes, CBD can help alter your mood. While I may seem like a biased contributor, I used myself as an experiment when I first created the first batch of whipped Shea. And I lie to you not-I was legitimately happy. People hated me-“there’s no way…