I highly doubt they're really making delta 8 weed. Delta 8 weed which is quasi-legal through the Farm Bill (until this November when the BBB provisions kick in that close the loophole), is not grown directly, but artificially made. Marijuana plants don't produce much delta 8 THC. It has to be extracted from large quantities of flower and then added to regular hemp to sell as Delta 8 flower. Thats why you usually see delta 8 in vapes rather than flower. It starts life as a distillate.
An acid bath, heating, and rinse will convert most delta-9 to delta-8, but most of it in extracts and edibles is made from CBD, which is a more complicated but less potentially perilous process.
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u/enaK66 3h ago
I highly doubt they're really making delta 8 weed. Delta 8 weed which is quasi-legal through the Farm Bill (until this November when the BBB provisions kick in that close the loophole), is not grown directly, but artificially made. Marijuana plants don't produce much delta 8 THC. It has to be extracted from large quantities of flower and then added to regular hemp to sell as Delta 8 flower. Thats why you usually see delta 8 in vapes rather than flower. It starts life as a distillate.