CBD

There are at least 118 cannabinoids in the plant that go beyond the well-known THC and CBD, and they all interact with one another to produce different kinds of highs.

“I think we fetishize high THC, and we could do a lot better with lower THC,” he said, adding that CBD can mitigate some of the addictive qualities of cannabis, and other cannabinoids have more medical benefits.

Cannabis can have a wide range of effects on individuals, and this is influenced by the setting in which it is taken and the balance of cannabinoids — like THC vs CBD — in it.

Lhooq says smoke shops and black-market dispensaries, including those that seem legitimate, often sell a suite of products made to mimic natural drugs, containing the likes of delta-8—a psychoactive cannabinoid that can be chemically created from CBD—and the synthetic psychedelic 4-AcO-DMT.

Before heading to a local Italian restaurant, Verderame offered him a low-dose THC/CBD capsule.