Delta-8 THC

Delta-8 and delta-9 THC differ only in where one double bond sits in the molecule. Both bind CB1 receptors and both produce a high; delta-8 is generally described as milder. The hemp plant makes delta-8 only in trace amounts, so commercial delta-8 is produced by treating CBD with an acid catalyst and refining the result — a lab conversion, not an extraction.

Delta-8 grew into a large market because the 2018 Farm Bill capped only delta-9 THC, and products converted from hemp CBD were sold as hemp. That window is closing. The 2025 federal rewrite of the hemp definition removes cannabinoids synthesized or manufactured outside the plant from hemp status, and that part takes effect November 12, 2026 — H.R. 6500 pushed the total-THC container cap back to December 11, 2026, but did not delay this piece. Many states restricted or banned delta-8 years earlier.

Two practical points. Delta-8 can trip a standard workplace drug screen, because the immunoassay looking for THC metabolites doesn't reliably tell delta-8 from delta-9. And CBD is not delta-8: CBD is non-intoxicating, and we don't sell delta-8, delta-10, HHC, or any other converted cannabinoid.