CBD oil (cannabidiol) is extracted from hemp. Many people mix marijuana with hemp oil, but hemp is an entirely different plant. Hemp and marijuana may have the same scientific name, Cannabis Sativa, but they are not the same thing.
Marijuana is grown for recreational and medicinal purposes primarily for its psychoactive cannabinoid, or THC, a chemical compound called tetrahydrocannabinol,. Marijuana contains THC and CBD. To find out how helpful is CBD for pain visit https://lovewellfarms.com/lovewell-farms-cbd-store/pain-salve/.
Hemp contains very little THC, less than 0.3% compared to 5-35% marijuana by weight. The main cannabinoid in hemp is CBD, but there are more than 100 other cannabinoids in hemp, as well as compounds that produce flavours and aromas known as terpenes (for example, the citrus scent of citrus, the unique pine scent, or the sweet floral scent of lavender).
Hemp has been grown for food, clothing, fibre, and fuel for thousands of years. It is one of the oldest domesticated plants in the world. In the early days, flax was an important plant in the United States. In 1700, colonial farmers were growing hemp mainly for its strong fibre.
However, hemp production stopped when the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act was passed. The main attitude towards marijuana is starting to take a very contradictory turn. Hemp has become “bad weed” because it is the same type of marijuana, even though it does not contain the abundant THC from marijuana.