Hemp Derived Cannabinoids in CA Rec Market

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Hey,

I’m seeing a lot of products on the CA Rec. market with CBG and CBD and I have been wondering how people handle this with METRC. Are people buying hemp derived minors (very cheap) and using that in products as a non-tracked ingredient or are they using extracts in METRC that are high in CBD and CBG (expensive)?

Thanks for any insight.

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I’ve been wondering this myself. Been seeing a ton of “sauce” carts with 60% THC, a pinch of THCA and 10% CBG. I’ve seen plenty of high THC strains come out with 25-30% THCA then 3% CBGA in flower (~10:1) but the ratios in these carts just screams “hemp” to me.

Adding 10% CBG can be good for consistency and minimal crystallization but I think some brands are sneaking in hemp derived cannabinoids to cut costs. What’s more unusual is the same brands will have these almost exact ratios on all their different strains.

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In Oregon METRC there’s a few different routes to get hemp products into the rec space but basically anything that gets brought into a rec processing facility/wholesale/dispo needs to get ported into metrc and receive the same required testing as THC product. I’m not sure about California but I would image it’s similar.

In METRC we have a tab for ’ external transfers’ from a non metrc source.

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But why would you add CBG? It crystalizes more readily than just about any other cannabinoid.

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Exactly, we can get a metrc tag for CBD or CBG Isolate. Only in CO and OR.

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I’m thinking for products with specific ratios, like 1:1 THC:CBG or THC:CBD gummies you see a lot.

@PharmExOregon so you’re saying in Oregon you can get hemp derived products, transfer to your license and get testing done, then use it like any other cannabis ingredient?

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Not in low concentrations

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A handful of states permit hemp derived ingredients and even cannabinoids in regulated marijuana products.

The new Connecticut adult use legislation for example expressly permits this practice.

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I work in MA, and am thinking about reversing the CBD → d8 reaction to make CBD from d9 just so we don’t have to waste canopy space growing CBD flower in metrc.

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Yeah, so I’ve got an ODA hemp handler license AND an OLCC certificate that allows me to sell hemp and hemp derived products into OLCC up to 5 % thc. I sell some direct to OLCC shops and wholesales and some stuff to OLCC processors for use in other products like bulk terpenes and isolates.

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Thanks for the clarification.

Don’t think that will work in CA to my knowledge, but I feel like with compliance there is always something to learn lol

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Dougsvarin.com
Looks like their site is down, but they had d8thcv in licensed Cali market dispensaries.

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Yea sorry me n the boys shit out some hot hemp last year and had to shit it back out into D8

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