In drop, e-liquid, flowers, and CBD (cannabidiol) can theoretically be smoked since it is sold legally in France. Can we buy it in potpourri? What does the law say? What are the side effects? Are they the same as those of CBD? Is it detectable by saliva test when driving? Is it risky for pregnant women? Answer.
Marketed in the form of oil drop, e-liquid, flowers, or raw leaves, CBD (CannaBiDiol) can theoretically be smoked. It is at least in this form that some buyers want to test it. The advantage? To be able to have its relaxing effects without becoming dependent since it is supposed to contain less than 0.3% of THC. But what is it really? Can there be risks to smoking CBD? Which ones? Can we be positive for a salivary test for CBD after smoking CBD? Advice and recommendations with Dr. Patrick Daimé, general practitioner and Vice-President of the association Addictions France.
Is it legal to smoke CBD in France?
“CBD is not classified as a narcotic, it meets the European principle of free movement of goods, the French regulations can not be restrictive and prohibit,” said Dr. Daimé. It is legally sold in the form of e-liquid or oil that some buyers smoke. The sale of CBD flowers and leaves in raw form had been banned by the French government order of December 30, 2021, but the Council of State suspended this order on January 24, 2022. The sale of CBD flowers and leaves is again authorized as of this date.
The government had taken the decision to prohibit the sale of flowers for “health reasons” and “for reasons of public order, insofar as, to preserve the operational capacity of the internal security forces to fight against drugs, they must be able to simply discriminate products, to determine whether or not they fall within the criminal policy of combating drugs. But to the Council of State “it does not appear that the flowers and leaves of hemp Sativa L. whose THC content is less than 0.3% would present a degree of harm to health” and “it is not demonstrated that it would be impossible to control this content for flowers and leaves, even though the means of control are detailed, for the whole plant, in the annex to the decree.
How to smoke CBD, with tobacco?
“Potentially we can smoke CBD by putting a few drops of CBD oil in his tobacco or by taking e-liquid that we put in his vapoteuse” answers our interlocutor. It is not against more possible (because prohibited by law) to buy it in the form of dried flowers in CBD Shop to mix it with tobacco and smoke it in cigarettes.
Hemp (plant): use, varieties, composition
Hemp is a variety of plant of the species CBD Sativa. To distinguish it from illegal CBD in France, we speak of “agricultural”, “industrial” or “textile” hemp. This form of hemp is devoid of the psychotropic molecule THC or contains less than 0.2% of it. Discovery.
Is it legal to vapourize CBD?
Vaping liquids containing CBD produced chemically or obtained by extraction of the flowers and leaves of the hemp plant are authorized in France, provided that importers and sellers have ensured that their suppliers have complied with the reporting obligations under European regulations (REACH). The THC content of these products must not exceed 0.3% according to Under Scoop Fire.
What are the effects?
“The CBD has a small anxiolytic effect,” says Dr. Daimé. Scientific studies have shown that it acts at the level of the brain on the dopamine and serotonin receptors, making it a psychoactive product in its own right. Its consumption can thus have psychoactive effects, of sedation and drowsiness. Devoid of THC or containing less than 0.3%, CBD has low toxicity and a “fairly low addictive risk” continues our interlocutor.