What is CBC?

Albuquerque, New Mexico The second most prominent cannabinoid found in marijuana is cannabichromene (CBC). CBC could make up as much as 64% of a plant’s cannabinoid profile. Cannabichromene works to elevate mood, and is roughly ten times more effective than CBD in this regard. Of all the non-psychoactive cannabinoids, CBC has the most anti-depressant effects. CBC has

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What is CBG?

Albuquerque, New Mexico Cannabigerol is a precursor to THC and as such is found in immature cannabis and hemp plants. CBG imitates endocannabinoids, natural compounds that our body makes to regulate mood and immunity. CBG does not have psychotropic effects like THC, so it will not impair mental activity. CBG binds directly to both CB1 and CB2 receptors where

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CBD and Depression

Albuquerque, New Mexico There is a growing body of evidence that CBD can help with symptoms of depression as well as help with other issues commonly associated with depression such as anxiety or panic disorder. Anxiety and depression are often treated using the same medications which suggests they may be influenced by the same brain processes. Recent studies

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Buy CBD in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Where Can I Buy CBD in Albuquerque, New Mexico Near Me? Monk: I know first Crop is sold at all three Kure locations downtown Santa Fe on Guadalupe, South of town on Cielo. So the drive-through and the new location at Eldorado. Where else in New Mexico can people find First Crop? Will: Great question

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New Mexico’s Need For Terpene Education

How Can People Find the Right Combination of Terpenes Best For Them? Monk:  I’m curious about some of these products that call themselves indica or call themselves sativa and don’t list terpenes. What is it? Somewhere in their natural flavors, there are terpenes, and I’ve seen tinctures that do list ingredients and they’ll add myrcene,

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New Mexico CBD Farming Practices & Benefits of Sungrown

I will speak to two of the farmers that we work with. One is Tony Martinez, LA Leaf Organics in Farmington. His little brother, Mitch, they’re both incredible growers. They grow on their dad’s land. It’s a family operation, family owned and operated, and they have a beautiful tribe out there doing some amazing work.

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CBD Formulation, Strain Selection & Terpenes | First Crop

Our strain selection process and it bridges directly from that, the idea of terpenes and why they’re important. When we pick a strain for any of our formulas would take happy, for instance, which is our sativa formulation with added adapted to the botanicals, which are damiana, Hawthorne, berry, Rhodiola, and Mitri. When we pick

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New Mexico CBD Formulation Data | First Crop

We really have something special in our formulations where we can lean into data, we can talk about herbs and talk about what’s been proven in technically the Western way of proving it. Ashwagandha has been, it’s been around forever and it’s been doing amazing things forever, and now we can really put it to

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Cannabis Data vs. Botanicals Data | First Crop

Unlike cannabis when you’re looking at the botanicals that we use and botanicals in general, the plant kingdom. There’s this paradox between data and cannabis, which we don’t have, hopefully will in the future. But we do have data on these botanicals. We have study after study of peer reviewed white papers, scientific journals, studies

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Ashwagandhas

What is Ashwagandha and How Does It Related to CBD? So ashwagandha is a lot like CBD and adaptogen. It has that anamorphic kind of ability in the body where it finds and seeks out the imbalance. Now, ashwagandha specifically, and when we speak to these botanicals that we use in our formulation, the interesting

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