Originally posted on 2.16.21

In the last year, Delta 8 has taken off and most people don’t even know what it is, if it’s legal or what it can do.

It has taken off so much so that Tom Wasilewski, owner of E-Cig Outlet in Big Rapids who sells a variety of Delta 8 and CBD products, went from making 3,000 Delta 8 chews a week for his stores to 190,000 a week that he’s selling throughout the world. 

Delta 8 is a form of THC found in cannabis in very small amounts. The chemical difference is that Delta 8 has its double bond on the eighth carbon chain whereas Delta 9 has its double bond on the ninth carbon chain. Essentially, it’s one double bond different from the commonly known marijuana that was legalized for recreational use in Michigan in 2018.

Photo by: Cora Hall | Ferris State University Torch