Scientifically, industrial Hemp and Marijuana are the same plant, with a genus and species name of Cannabis Sativa L. They have a drastically different genetic profile though. Industrial Hemp is a strain of Cannabis sativa L, while marijuana can be Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis. The major difference is how industrial hemp has been bred compared to a marijuana form of Cannabis sativa. Typically speaking, industrial hemp is very fibrous, with long strong stalks, and barely has any flowering buds, while a marijuana strain of Cannabis sativa will be smaller, bushier, and full of flowering buds. However, newer industrial hemp varieties in the USA are being bred to have more flowers and higher yields of cannabinoids and terpenes.
99% of the time marijuana has a high amount of THC and only a very low amount of CBD. Hemp, on the other hand, naturally has a very high amount of CBD in most instances, and only a trace amount of THC. Fortunately, the cannabinoid profile of hemp is ideal for people looking for benefits from the plant without the ‘high.’
Hemp is used for making herbal supplements, food, fiber, rope, paper, bricks, oil, natural plastic, and so much more, whereas marijuana is usually used just recreationally, spiritually, and medicinally. The term cannabis oil can refer to either a marijuana or hemp derived oil, since marijuana and hemp are two different forms of cannabis.
In the USA the legal definition of “industrial hemp,” per Section 7606 of the Agricultural Appropriations Act of 2014, is “INDUSTRIAL HEMP — The term ‘‘industrial hemp’’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.”
Delta 9 THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is a naturally occurring cannabinoid in cannabis (hemp and marijuana) and is commonly abbreviated as Delta 9 THC, Δ9THC, Δ9, D8, D9 THC, and D9THC. It is the primary active ingredient in marijuana that is responsible for the “high” it produces.
Delta 9 is an isomer of both cannabidiol (“CBD”) and Delta 8 tetrahydrocannabinol (“D9THC”), sharing a chemical formula of C21H30O2 and a molar mass of 314.464 g/mol.
How long a vape cartridge will last depends on how often you’re using it and how much THC or CBD is in the cartridge. Most vape cartridges come with 500 mg of THC or CBD, although 250 mg and 1 g cartridges are also common.
Since 500 mg 510 cartridge thc are the most popular, let’s use that as an example:
Each 500 mg vape cartridge (cbd) has about 150 seconds of inhalation. So how long you pull for will influence how long it lasts. If you usually take one-second puffs, then the math is pretty easy. It will last you 150 puffs. If you take three puffs per day, it will last your 50 days. Not bad!
However, if you take longer pulls — say 3 seconds or 6 seconds, both of which are common — your cartridge obviously won’t last as long. If you take one 3 second drag per day, then it would also last 50 days. However, if you’re taking three per day, you’ll finish the cartridge in just a few weeks. And, if you’re doing 6 seconds, the time is half that.