You may not know this, but there are actually several different kinds of THC — the chemical in cannabis that makes you feel high. A new kind has emerged in the past few years — it’s called delta-8 THC.
In other words, delta-8 and delta-9 have the same number and type of atoms, but one of the bonds connecting those atoms is in a different place.
To understand why, you have to start with the plant hemp. Hemp is legally defined as cannabis with no more than 0.3% of delta-9 THC. Hemp is legal, and so is its crucial ingredient CBD. And from CBD, you can synthesize delta-8 THC. "A lot of people have dubbed delta-8 sort of this weed light," Boyar said."I'd say that that's maybe valid if we're talking about inhaled. But if you're ingesting this, what happens is when you ingest delta-9 or delta-8, it goes through the liver and the first pass metabolism and so you end up getting 11-hydroxy metabolites. Those 11-hydroxy metabolites are actually much more potent.
Delta-8 is synthesized in the lab using CBD oil and other chemicals, but Boyar said the labs that do this chemical process aren’t always well regulated. "You don't know what you're getting," Boyar said."There's a lot of lack of quality control, because this is not regulated in the sense that there is no mandate saying if you put a delta-8 product on the shelf that you have to test it because it's a legal loophole, basically. And it's a brand new space, largely unregulated. People can get away with a lot.
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