abc’s on cbd

One big issue, as with all unregulated areas (incl vitamins) is knowing what you are getting
There are numerous reports testing products and finding the stated concentrations to be no where the actual contents. The FDA has actually put out several warning letters in this regard.
So if you try it, you need to know that you are dealing with a reputable manufacture

The Stanley brothers have a fine reputation for their CBD products. Their products are not cheap. They are pioneers in this area and their product testing is rigorous and has been ongoing for over a decade. If you live in an area where hemp is grown you could do some research on local manufacturers and what types of product testing they do.

What kind of testing is done by spruce and distillery? How are their active ingredients (CBDs) measured, is their hemp organically certified, do they grow their own hemp or purchase it from other growers, do the growers use domestic organic seed or Chinese seed, what strains are used in specific compounds, is the hemp domestically grown or imported from China, what is the extraction process they use?

I live in an area with a number of small CBD manufacturers and few can afford the rigorous testing I would expect of a product I would purchase. I will purchase local products that meet the criteria I listed, not because they are cheaper, they are not, but because I like to support local businesses. In my area CBD products are on grocery store shelves, perusing the pricing for like kind, there is little cost variation. A company that doesn’t test, grow or process to my standards isn’t that much cheaper than the local products I would purchase.

CBDs are a relatively new mass market item. With that popularity comes those manufacturers that are simply profiteering and have zero concern with the quality issues I noted above. As always buyer beware.

There are tough choices to be made. Charlottes Web is a Stanley brothers product. The hemp that is used for the product is trademarked and a registered organic crop, certified by some accepted authorities in the field. I know local growers (who use Chinese seed) who contract their hemp crops to The Distillery, they are not organic certified. The Distillery does carry a Natural Farming Practices seal but that doesn’t mean it’s organic, NFP does permit many agri chemicals that are not permitted by larger national groups like Tilth. Make up you mind and do some product testing. If organic domestic hemp isn’t important to you buy some CBD products from The Distillery and try them out. Be aware that products from The Distillery do contain low levels of THC.