In the U.S., there are 33 states, plus the District of Columbia, with some form of legal cannabis for medicinal purposes, and 10 states that allow it for recreational use—though it’s still illegal at the federal level. Canada recently legalized adult recreational use at the federal level through Health Canada.
But despite the advancing state of the legal cannabis industry, in the U.S., when it comes to specifying the level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), terpenes and the other 80 or so constituent components in cannabis, there’s a smorgasbord of rules and regulations.