10/20/2021
Russo shares that a 1990s study in Israel found delta-8 beneficial in treating nausea in children undergoing chemotherapy. He also reports delta-8 THC is more shelf-stable than delta-9. But his primary concerns with delta-8 products flooding the h**p market lie with potential contamination issues and lax quality control. Though much of the marketing around delta-8 suggests extensive research, Russo puts it in context: “We have heard, but it’s not yet proven, that it’s not as potent or not as intoxicating as delta-9. But that really hasn’t been tested head-to-head in humans in any kind of formal basis.”
“My biggest concern is not that the known cannabinoids that have occurred in cannabis are harmful to human health. Cannabinoids are by and large resoundingly safe and work on the endocannabinoid system in ways that I think are much more likely to be supportive to health than hurt it,” Gerdeman says. “ … The problem is in contaminants. The problem is that synthesizing these isomer cannabinoids is easy enough to be dangerous, and there’s not control over who moves their experimental … product directly to a marketplace.”"
H**p industry interest in delta-8 THC and other emerging cannabinoids is booming, but so is controversy and concern. What’s next?
