Amnesia Haze CBD: origin, profile and legality of this flower

The term "haze" historically designates a family of sativa-dominant cannabis varieties, known for their longer flowering time and their complex aromatic profile. CBD hemp growers have taken up some of these lines, selected and crossed to maximise CBD content while keeping THC below the European legal threshold. Amnesia Haze fits that logic: genetics inspired by the original hazes, grown for wellness use rather than for a sought-after psychoactive effect.

Amnesia Haze stands out for a pronounced smell, often described as lemony with an earthy, slightly spicy base. This profile is carried by the plant's terpenes, the volatile compounds responsible for the smell of hemp: limonene for the citrus notes, myrcene for the herbaceous, musky base, sometimes rounded out by pinene for a resinous edge. The exact terpene profile varies from one producer to another and from one harvest to another: only laboratory analysis of the specific batch can establish it with certainty.

The CBD version of Amnesia Haze is not intended to reproduce the psychoactive effect of the recreational variety of the same name. Horticultural selection aims on the contrary to maximise CBD while keeping THC below the legal threshold, which gives a plant with an aromatic profile close to the original but with no intoxicating effect comparable at legal dosages.

The status of hemp flowers and leaves was clarified by the ruling of the Conseil d'État of 29 December 2022, which annulled the ban on selling these products in raw form. Selling flowers such as Amnesia Haze is therefore legal in France, provided the finished product complies with a THC content of 0.30% or less. That threshold applies uniformly, whatever the variety or its commercial name: two batches carrying the same name may show different levels depending on the cultivation and the producer.

Three checks are essential before any purchase: a recent certificate of analysis from an independent laboratory, dated to the specific batch; a traceable hemp origin, ideally European; and the absence of semi-synthetic cannabinoids such as HHC or THCP, banned since 2023-2024. To go further into the criteria for choosing a flower, see our guide to buying CBD in France.

Does Amnesia Haze contain THC?

Any CBD flower that is legal in France contains traces of THC, but at 0.30% or less in the finished product, verifiable on the certificate of analysis of the batch purchased.

Does Amnesia Haze CBD produce an effect comparable to the recreational variety of the same name?

No. At a THC content compliant with the French legal threshold, no psychoactive effect comparable to the one sought with a THC-rich variety is to be expected.

How is an Amnesia Haze CBD flower consumed?

Most often as an infusion or vaporised at low temperature. No therapeutic claim is authorised for this type of product, which belongs exclusively to the wellness register.

Does the THC content of Amnesia Haze vary from one producer to another?

Yes, even under an identical commercial name, each batch may show a slightly different level depending on cultivation and harvest. The certificate of analysis of the specific batch remains the only reliable reference.