CBD oil testing, CBD product to avoid, tips on cutting CBD costs

To start, I have to apologize for my sense of humor at times.  Just because I think something is funny doesn't make it so.  I won't be cracking jokes on my blog due to the fact that it would really just distract its purpose.

CBD oil products are "supplements only" in the eyes of the FDA, but even if that is the case there should still be testing done on these products to make them safe to use and to contain what they should and nothing they shouldn't.  I tried to reach out to consumerlab.com to ask them if they would be willing to test the most popular ones, but I received no response.  I will be contacting other organizations, but if I receive the same result I might have to proactively establish the need for this to be done and the responsibility of the government to do it.  If I can prove that any of these products are falsely advertizing and/or selling products with harmful substances, this would become a much easier argument to make.  This would require me to pay for testing and volunteer samples.  If any of the samples exceeds the 0.3% THC limit, I might be able to get something started with certain agencies.  If any of the samples contain levels of toxic/harmful substances that exceeds the limits established by laws surrounding supplements, I can contact other agencies to do something about it.  If companies are advertizing one thing and providing another, that would involve yet a totally different agency.  This is not a problem that is going to get solved with the- "let's see what happens" mentality.

hemphealthtechnologies.com product reviews from unbiased sources are next to impossible to find.  The product description of their 2 ounce CBD oil is confusing at best.  "Our CBD Oil contains 15-20% CBD that increases to 35% when held under the tongue (or warmed slightly) for 30-60 seconds."  First of all, warming a CBD oil will not spontaneously generate more CBD.  The label on the product is pretty unclear.  3 drops being the suggested dose.  This dose not only failed, but so did increasing it to 10X of recommended dose (based on the premise that their label actually meant that each 2 ounce bottle contained 100mg CBD).  I can't say for certain why this happened, because I don't know what these different products contain and how they differ.  Perhaps the other products simply contained adequate levels of chemicals that hemphealth did not; whether that means that hemphealth's product didn't contain enough CBD or chemicals that would make the CBD it does contain effective. 

CBD is expensive and can be easily much more expensive than buying pure gold.  If you can't afford it because of this, there are some options.  CBD oil products come in varying strengths.  If you want to initially try a CBD supplement, choose one from a company that offers a higher strength of the same type of product because the higher strength will likely cost less per milligram and trying the cheaper version can help you test a company's product line without spending too much.  After trying a weaker version of a CBD product and you find that the company's product you tried worked for you, it would be something to consider to buy the higher potency to cut down on costs.  The plus CBD has been very effective (although I thought the vanilla CBD oil tasted pretty gross) and that being so I decided to try their CBD capsules, 25mg CBD each (they have 10 capsule and 30 capsule products in case you want to try it first).  Seeing as how my daily requirement of CBD is only about 6mg, a $40- 10 capsule supply provides more than a month supply or roughly $55/g CBD.  This will work for anyone who has basic math skills, an accurate scale, and additional capsules (available at health food or supplement stores and can be even cheaper in bulk on the internet).  Be warned that it would a silly mistake to assume that each capsule contains 25mg and with everything used to make the product, each capsule contains about 500mg of a yellow powdery substance making each 20mg of powder a 1mg CBD dose.  This might be a little difficult to work with as the more accurate a scale becomes, generally the more expensive it becomes.  There are a number of ways around this, but this post is not intended to be about compounding techniques.  Milligram scales are available at a reasonable price on the internet, but I can't suggest that they all will be terribly accurate at 20mg measurements(knowing where your scale is accurate/inaccurate is very important).  I plan on contacting plus CBD to ask them if they plan on carrying CBD capsule products that have a lower CBD/capsule amount and at the same time suggest that idea so that can be an option- I don't mind making my own custom CBD pills and find it to be somewhat fun, but not everyone will feel that way. 

The easiest ways around this: solubilize the CBD powder, cut it with another powder, or order a special scoop for the purpose of measuring out 20-25mg.  Best of luck!