Is CBG the New CBD?
A new cannabis plant molecule is growing on marijuana advocates
When Shango Los, founder of the cannabis education organization VIMEA and host of the Shaping Fire podcast, first met Judy* (name changed), she was struggling with overwhelming anxiety that had started to get in the way of her everyday life. She was exhausted, even if she only went out to buy groceries. Getting her work done felt like a daily struggle and she says her prescribed SSRIs offered more negative side effects than help.
Judy initially approached Los because she knew he had been teaching people in her local community about cannabis as an alternative treatment. Los first recommended that Judy use cannabidiol, or CBD, to treat her anxiety. She took a dose of a ratio of 2-to-1 CBD to THC every day, and found that her anxiety started to ebb a bit. Then, Los introduced her to CBG, a new-to-the-market cannabinoid, which she swallowed in a capsule filled with extracted cannabis oil from a rare marijuana plant that was high in CBG. Judy was stunned: Her anxiety decreased immediately.
Now, she is less exhausted and says she can spend time with her friends in the evening. She has the energy to cook for herself and her family, and her life has improved overall. For all of this, Judy credits CBG, which she now takes almost daily (alternating with a few…
