You know about THC, pot’s most famous intoxicant. You’ve probably heard about CBD, pot’s chemical that can be medicine but won’t get you high. But what about CBG, CBN, and CBC?
Scientists have identified more than 100 unique active drugs in pot that play with our body’s endocannabinoid receptors, but the vast majority of legal weed is a mix of only two, THC and CBD.
That’s due largely to the nature of pot prohibition. When weed was completely illegal, the incentives for black-market growers were simple: find a way to grow the most potent weed (the stuff with the most THC) from the smallest indoor plants as quickly as possible. Weed growers didn’t have the luxury of spending resources exploring minor cannabinoids that may or may not be profitable, nor did they have access to labs that could precisely test for these compounds.
That’s changing.
