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7 Benefits of Smoking Hemp Flower

By: Nancy Hernandez · Published On: August 17, 2020 · Last Updated: March 5, 2022

Smoking hemp flower remains one of the most popular ways of consuming cannabis products. Other popular methods include putting tinctures underneath the tongue, consuming cannabis pills, and having edibles like gummies or baked goods. Some users may also prefer to vape cannabis products, apply cannabis-enriched topicals. These can be found at trusted vape juice brands like ejuices.com.

Smoking hemp flower comes with plenty of benefits compared to all the other methods of substance administration. The following is a rundown of some of those benefits.

1. Delivers Cannabinoids Straight to Your Bloodstream

One of the top benefits of smoking hemp flower is that it delivers cannabinoids straight to your bloodstream. Therefore, the effects are felt much faster compared to various other methods of administering cannabis.
For comparison’s sake, smoking has an average onset time of between 15 and 45 minutes. That’s in sharp contrast to swallowing cannabis-infused pills or snacking on cannabis-enriched edibles, whose effects can take hours to kick in.

However, the comparatively faster onset time of smoking hemp flower has a tradeoff in that the effects wear off much faster. That makes smoking a less preferable method of consuming cannabis for specific medical conditions, such as insomnia and social anxiety disorder. Also, we cannot discount the nagging health concerns associated with smoking.

If you consider these drawbacks a turnoff, you might want to try vaping. Unlike smoking, vaping doesn’t include combustion, which makes it a safer way to consume cannabis.

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2. Hemp Flower is Safe and Effective

You must already be familiar with how effective smoking hemp flower is, considering that cannabinoids are delivered straight to your system. Also, you should be aware of some of the fundamental concerns regarding the safety of cannabis administration method, especially since combustion is involved.

It may sound a bit contradictory to go ahead and term smoking hemp flower as safe, but it isn’t. The safety of smoking hemp flower lies in the fact that they are raw and unprocessed. That means it’s not laden with potentially toxic additives in the name of flavor enhancers and preservatives.

When you smoke hemp flower, you’re consuming cannabis in its raw, natural form. So, the cannabinoids in it enter your body untouched.

3.  Hemp Flower is Free of Psychoactive Properties

One primary concern among most would-be cannabis consumers is the fear of becoming intoxicated. Thankfully, hemp flower won’t get you high. While hemp and marijuana are both variants of the cannabis plant, hemp contains significantly low levels of the psychoactive compound, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

That means you can go ahead and smoke CBD flower without worrying about experiencing any euphoria, which is excellent news for new cannabis users. If you’re not used to THC’s mind-altering effects, you may experience challenges trying to establish your ideal dose. Worse yet, THC’s psychotropic effects may make it difficult for you to monitor the medical condition you’re trying to manage using cannabis.

4.  Hemp flower Delivers the Entourage Effect

Hemp flower may be low in THC. However, they’re loaded with numerous other cannabinoids, each of which comes with its distinct therapeutic benefits. Collectively, these cannabinoids deliver compounded health effects known as the entourage effect.

For instance, cannabidiol (CBD) is a renowned analgesic, cannabigerol (CBG) comes with powerful anti-inflammatory properties, whereas cannabinol (CBN) is famous for its sedative properties. While CBD is the most abundant cannabinoid in hemp, some strains are also abundant in CBG, and most strains have low amounts of CBG and CBN.

So, by smoking hemp flower, you automatically get relief from pain, inflammation, and insomnia from these three cannabinoids.

5.  You Still Enjoy the Therapeutic Benefits of Cannabis

It’s important to remember that hemp is essentially cannabis. Regardless of the numerous methods of administering cannabis products, the medicinal value of the herb remains intact. As you may already know, the various cannabinoids in cannabis come with a cocktail of health benefits.

For instance, cannabidiol can treat pain by improving anandamide signaling. Cannabidiol is also associated with other health benefits, such as relief from anxiety.

Hemp flower also contains cannabichromene (CBC) associated with antianxiety, antidepressant, analgesic, energy-boosting, and anti-inflammatory properties. Cannabigerol (CBG) is another popular compound in hemp whose antitumor and anti-inflammatory properties are well-documented.

If you’re battling with insomnia and eye conditions like glaucoma, you can benefit immensely from the cannabinol (CBN) concentration in the hemp flower. Even the seemingly insignificant levels of the euphoria-inducing THC are medically beneficial. At low doses, THC acts as a stimulant, which may help to relieve fatigue and boost your energy.

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6.  Hemp Flower is Relatively Affordable

The fact that hemp flower is unprocessed means that it’s more abundant than other refined and processed cannabis products. For instance, you’re likely to encounter more hemp flower than you would cannabis oils or edibles.

The relative abundance of hemp flower reflects positively in terms of cost. As there’s no production cost involved in processing the flower into something else, they fetch significantly lower than refined cannabis products. The only additional expense you’d incur is transportation to the cannabis farms near you. In some cases, you could even get the flower from cannabis processing firms near you.

7.  Hemp Flower is Mostly Legal

First off, let’s reiterate that cannabis remains illegal at the U.S federal level. Its legality depends on your resident state or country. However, we’ve witnessed a tendency towards legalization over the past couple of years.

A notable milestone in the journey towards global legalization of cannabis was the signing into law of the 2018 Hemp Bill by President Donald Trump. This new law decriminalized the cultivation, distribution, sale, and use of cannabis products provided that such products contain a maximum of 0.3% THC.

Since hemp flower is already low in THC in its unprocessed form, it enjoys a wider legal acceptance compared to marijuana.

Admittedly, there are numerous health benefits to enjoy by smoking hemp flower. However, you should exercise moderation when smoking hemp flower. That’s because all said and done, smoking still presents some inherent risks. While cannabis is harmless on its own, smoking could be toxic, considering that combustion is involved.

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By: Nancy Hernandez · In: Cannabis, Hemp · Tagged: anxiety, CBD, pain

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