{"id":6340,"date":"2020-09-29T17:48:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T17:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weednews.co\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2020-10-02T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T19:00:10","slug":"cbd-hemp-direct-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weednews.co\/cbd-hemp-direct-review\/","title":{"rendered":"CBD Hemp Direct Review: A Huge Variety Of Smokable Hemp"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now for something completely different.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re new (or relatively new) to CBD as a medicinal or health product, you\u2019re probably familiar with CBD oil.<\/p>\n

You may also know that cannabidiol (the complete name for CBD) can be consumed in capsule or edible form and that some topical creams are infused with CBD to help with surface-level aches<\/a>, pains, and skin conditions. You may even know that vaping CBD isn\u2019t just possible, it\u2019s a fast and effective way to get cannabidiol into your body and working quickly.<\/p>\n

But did you know that you can also smoke it just like weed?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the specialty of CBD Hemp Direct. The company sells a mind-blowing (no pun intended) assortment of flower, kief, trim, joints and blunts with high CBD content, all produced from the hemp plant rather than the marijuana plant.<\/p>\n

Hemp has less than 0.3% THC content, so the products don\u2019t produce any psychoactive effects<\/a> \u2013 only the power of cannabidiol. And since these are (by their very nature) full-spectrum CBD products, they also contain the hemp\u2019s other components like cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids, maximizing the potency of the CBD via the \u201centourage effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

CBD Hemp Direct doesn\u2019t have the usual assortment of oil, capsules, and edibles (although they do one type of oil and also sell gummies during the cooler months). Their version of variety means offering many types and strains of CBD-rich hemp, as well as products with high levels of the cannabinoid CBG which is also believed to have medicinal benefits.<\/p>\n

Sound intriguing? We thought so. Here\u2019s an in-depth look at CBD Hemp Direct.<\/p>\n

CBD Hemp Direct: The Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The company claims to be the \u201coriginal CBD flower company.\u201d We don\u2019t know if that\u2019s literally true, but CBD Hemp Direct has been operating (under the corporate name Trim Ready Inc.) in Nevada since 2015. It also owns what it says is the first \u201cCBD dispensary superstore\u201d that the public can visit, Hemp World, located on Paradise Road near the Las Vegas airport.<\/p>\n

CBD Hemp Direct grows much of its own industrial hemp but also sources some of its flowers from West Coast growers. Other than that, there\u2019s not much information available on the company, either on its website or through our independent investigation.<\/p>\n

There is one piece of information on the website which is<\/em> prominently displayed: CBD Hemp Direct won the 2020 High Times Hemp Cup in the \u201cbest pre-rolls\u201d category, for its Paradise OG Hemp Kief Joint. That doesn\u2019t completely overcome the lack of detailed information made public by the CBD Hemp Direct, but it does make us feel much better about the company and its products.<\/p>\n

One note: CBD Hemp Direct should not be confused with a similarly-named company, Hemp Direct, which also sells CBD smokables as well as a number of other products.<\/p>\n

CBD Hemp Direct: The Approach<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You already know the bedrock approach of CBD Hemp Direct: focus on producing smokable hemp for sale direct to consumers, rather than CBD oil and other more \u201cmainstream\u201d products. Only one CBD oil, made from isolate, is on the menu.<\/p>\n

The company grows most of its own industrial hemp, with the strains bred for high cannabidiol (or CBG) content. They\u2019re chosen to thrive in the sometimes-challenging Nevada climate; we\u2019re guessing that\u2019s why CBD Hemp Direct also sources some hemp flower from the West Coast, where hemp can be easier to grow. Some of CBD Hemp Direct\u2019s plants are grown in greenhouses as well.<\/p>\n

Many of the strains have been given Las Vegas-centric names, like Casino Cookies and Trophy Wife, but they\u2019re either closely related to \u2013 or simply renamed \u2013 better-known cannabis strains. There are also choices whose labels will provide comfort to pot\/hemp connoisseurs, like Acapulco Gold and Girl Scout Cookies.<\/p>\n

Most of the factors we look at when checking out a producer\u2019s manufacturing techniques, like how cannabidiol is extracted from hemp plants and the type of carrier oil that\u2019s used, obviously aren\u2019t an issue when a company primarily sells hemp flower and its byproducts. However, we definitely want to know whether the hemp is grown organically \u2013 and CBD Hemp Direct makes no disclosures about its growing practices. We take that to mean that its CBD (and CBG) products are not organically-grown, something that does concern us.<\/p>\n

CBD Hemp Direct focuses on growing cannabidiol-rich strains of hemp, which is definitely a positive sign, as is the fact that smokable hemp will automatically provide the full entourage effect that maximizes the benefit of CBD.<\/p>\n

We should also briefly highlight the company\u2019s secondary focus on CBG-rich products. Cannabigerol is a cannabinoid found in both marijuana and hemp, and it doesn\u2019t receive the attention it should. CBG, like THC, binds directly with the CB1 and CB2 endocannabinoid receptors in the body; CBD, by comparison, interacts with those receptors in an indirect way.<\/p>\n

For that reason, CBG has its own medicinal properties. It\u2019s believed to work well as a treatment for bowel issues, glaucoma, and even cancer, perhaps even more effectively than CBD. It speaks to CBD Hemp Direct\u2019s understanding of hemp that the company specifically grows hemp high in CBG, and produces dedicated CBG product lines for sale.<\/p>\n

CBD Hemp Direct Products<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We normally separate our reviews of a company\u2019s various products into categories for oil, capsules, edibles, and so on. We\u2019re electing to bunch them all together for CBD Hemp Direct since they\u2019re all different \u201cversions\u201d of the hemp plant. Just about all products are available in both CBD-rich and CBG-rich varieties.<\/p>\n

This list will be old hat to regular weed smokers, but CBD-only consumers may need a brief glossary to understand the products offered by CBD Direct Hemp.<\/p>\n