alt Hacker NewsTHC comes in a plant in the THCa form. CBD comes in CBDa form.
Both are not bioactive by default in their natural form.
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heavyset_go • today at 12:52 AM
Both degrade into actives over time or exposure to air/sun/warmth, and then into CBN, which is itself active.
All I'll say is go spend a day picking hops without gloves.
There are a large number of cannabinoids at play, some clearly (as in observably and demonstrably) are bioactive in their natural, unheated form.
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None of which is said to endorse the other theory. Just to point out that claiming heat is required is incorrect.