Smoking cannabis remains illegal in most European countries, which have at best decriminalized it but not legalized it. However, CBD is 100% legal when isolated and extracted in derived products from a plant that contains less than 0.3% THC. Smoking CBD therefore appears to break the law.
Several sub-questions then arise. How to smoke CBD ? Can CBD be smoked legally? What are the Effects of CBD smoke on our health ? This guide explains everything!
Cannabis CBD is a plant, it is smoked like any other plant material
After all, CBD hemp and marijuana are the same plant, with a few molecular exceptions. So the idea of smoking CBD when you want to take advantage of its properties is often the first thing that comes to mind.
Smoking a CBD joint
It’s relatively easy to grind up a CBD flower into crumbs and then Roll up the cigarette paper equipped with filters. This type of consumption is anything but good for your health, but it is particularly good It is not recommended to mix tobacco with CBD crumbs. Tobacco is indeed harmful and addictive as it is loaded with nicotine.
The Water Pipe (Bong)
L ‘use of a water bong (or bums) is also quite simple and both filter and cool smoke, for a slightly cleaner experience. Simply add the CBD concentrate (resin, pollen) directly to the bowl of the pipe and optionally add a few drops of CBD oil directly to the water.
Smoking CBD is therefore relatively easy. But just because it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s recommended. The practice should be banned for legal and health reasons. Explanations.
Can you smoke CBD? The legal answer
French law has long allowed CBD to be sold, with the exception of leaves and flowers. It was the main goalQuit smoking CBDa practice not dangerous because of the cannabidiol, but because of the combustion that releases many harmful toxins in the lungs. In early 2022, the State Council nevertheless put an end to this ban Marketing CBD flowers is perfectly legal. Smoking CBD is therefore strongly discouraged… but not strictly regulated by law. However, smoking cannabis remains illegal and when checked, it is impossible to tell with the naked eye if it is CBD or not. It is therefore to be expected Trouble with the police and the judiciaryregardless of the precise composition of the joint.
Smoking or vaping CBD, don’t mix it up!
Smoking should not be confused with vaping CBD. Surely the gesture and the speed of the effects are close. Using and cleaning a CBD vaporizer is also easy. Nevertheless, thanks to its low temperature, it offers an experience less harmful to the lungs. It is indeed important to distinguish the two types of consumption by specifying this The risks associated with vaping are less important than incineration (conventional sealing) as the temperatures required are very different. Vaping an e-liquid in CBD (without nicotine) or using a dry herb vaporizer for its flowers will thus release CBD less toxins as smoke. However, they exist and can have long-term side effects that are still poorly understood.
Smoking CBD has known downsides.
Smoking CBD: Health Cons
Smoking CBD has more disadvantages than advantages
Smoking CBD is often considered to have excellent bioavailability that this implies. When you smoke cannabis, whether legal or not, the cannabinoids go straight to the lungs and a maximum amount of CBD thus enters the bloodstream. This is very fast (less than 30 minutes). Two main benefits are cited by smokers.
Principle advantages
- faster effects,
- Stronger Effects.
Smoking CBD, however, has far more than just benefits.
main risks
- long-term damage to the lungs,
- respiratory problems,
- heart disease,
- cerebrovascular accidents (stroke),
- production of toxins harmful to the body,
- Various risks related to the cutting of products (flowers, but especially poor quality CBD resin and pollen),
- Risks of police stops and more frequent screening due to the manner of ingestion and the smell of released cannabis.
These risks are not related to the CBD itselfbut in fact on the smoke and the quality of the CBD consumed (particularly additives and the presence of pesticides).
Alternatives to smoking to enjoy the effects of CBD
There are healthier yet effective alternatives to consuming CBD
As I’m sure you understand, smoking CBD is a particularly effective way… to congest your lungs! If only one element of this article needed to be retained, it would be the following: Smoking CBD is possible but not recommended. Luckily, there are many healthier and equally effective alternatives to reaping the benefits of CBD.
- Sublingual Ingestion: a few drops of CBD oil under the tongue for about twenty seconds and voila for fast and noticeable effects!
- Oral use: Put the amount of CBD oil on a sugar, in a yoghurt or a little honey and swallow. The effects last a little longer than sublingual and are also more diffuse. The bitter, earthy taste of light-colored cannabis, on the other hand, is much easier to mask.
- CBD food : for more diffuse effects but an original experience (no CBD recipe ideas you can test).
- Local application : CBD creams, hemp oil and other CBD wellness products have many benefits for the skin. They are used, for example, in massage or in local application as a day or night cream.
