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HOLT, MI - Canna Products USA is a proud charter member of the newly formed Medicinal Hemp Association, announced CEO Adam Benge. The MHA is a global association of Hemp Cannabinoid and Terpenoid producers, whose primary goal is to maximize the availability of cannabidiol CBD to as many patients as possible.
MHA Executive Director Richard Rose says that while the MHA is the CBD association, their philosophy is that CBD-only legislation is misguided, and counterproductive for patients, producers, and society.
"The majority of patients need not just one of the 104 Cannabinoid molecules, but rather what is called the 'Entourage Effect,'" said Rose. "That is, some mixture of as many Cannabinoids as possible, including THC."
Rose went on to explain that while in low doses THC will not get you high, it acts as a carrier of CBD molecules into certain areas of the body that would otherwise be impossible.
"Most patients need some combination of CBD and THC. The epileptic is unlikely to control his/her condition with CBD alone. It is only one piece of the 104-piece puzzle, not the whole thing. THC is an appropriate and integral component of the best practices treatment regimen for the sick and dying," Rose elaborated.
"The other thing is, the natural acid form of THC, THC-A, is not psychoactive. One could consume many grams of THC-A and not 'get high.' So if CBD is legalized, patients should also be permitted THCA. These are the complex issues surrounding patient care that providers manage daily."
Rose went on to say that CBD is already legal Federally, when in a “Hemp” product, via HIA v DEA 2004. "Adding any new state law would just muddy those waters of legality for patients."
Benge said that CP USA is a whole plant nutrition company that makes full spectrum cannabinoid products from industrial hemp and many other legal plant sources that have the same cannabinoids and flavinoids as medical marijuana, but with almost no traceable amounts of THC, the compound that makes people high and is federally illegal over 1%. "We at CP USA therefore join the MHA in strongly urging that lawmakers do not pass any form of legislation which legalizes only CBD and not its critical adjunct, THC, or the other 102 Cannabinoids."
Joe Brown
Canna Products USA National Spokesman
(616)828-1313 x 5
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