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Delta-8 THC is similar to its more commonly known psychoactive cousin, delta-9 THC, but a legal loophole has led to its broad use across the United States despite safety warnings from regulatory authorities. “ an isomer, or chemical analog, of THC,” explained researchers Daniel Kruger and Jessica Kruger in a recent article for The Conversation. […]

Many of these belong to a class of compounds known as terpenes, which are responsible for many characteristic plant smells, like pine or lavender, and experimental cannabis breeders often play with different terpene concentrations to develop hybrid strains with unique scents. So considering the pungent aroma of cannabis is informally referred to as “skunk,” it […]