Hemp is a variety of Cannabis sativa plant which has several benefits. Long before CBD was mainstream, people grew hemp plants and manufactured food, sails, clothes, ropes, etc.
With time, they attracted a large number of consumers and farmers who further used Hemp to manufacture CBD products.
However, one can easily confuse between the Cannabis plant and Hemp plant as both serve as a source of CBD or Cannabidiol. It is important to note that there are three major types of Cannabis plants. They are Cannabis Indica, Cannabis Sativa, and Cannabis Ruderalis.
Among all three, farming Cannabis Ruderalis plants is legal throughout the United States owing to its higher CBD composition. The other two varieties, Indica and Sativa, have a high composition of THC or tetrahydrocannabinol. It is the psychoactive compound that makes you high.
The difference between Hemp plants and the other cannabis plants is the varying degrees of THC present in them. Hemp is the only plant that contains the least amount of THC that qualifies the legal percentage of 0.3.