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What Is 1906 New Highs and Why Is the Brand Named After That Specific Year?

1906 New Highs was founded by Peter Barsoom in Colorado around a thesis that runs counter to everything the cannabis industry marketed for a decade: low-dose cannabis, formulated with clinical precision, delivers a more useful and repeatable experience than high-dose recreational products ever will. The brand name is not a marketing exercise. In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act passed — the last moment cannabis appeared in the United States Pharmacopoeia as a recognised compound in American medicine before federal prohibition removed it from the pharmacological record entirely. Peter Barsoom chose that year as the brand name to signal exactly what 1906 is trying to restore: precision, intentionality and dose control in cannabis that the modern recreational market abandoned in favour of maximum potency.

The brand's operating philosophy follows from this directly. Every 1906 Drop is a low-dose pill — 2mg of THC across almost every formula in the lineup. Two milligrams is a fraction of what most hemp gummies and edibles deliver. 1906 does not position this as a limitation. They position it as the point. A precisely delivered 2mg of THC via lipid micro-encapsulation, hitting in 20 minutes with consistent onset, is more useful for functional daily use than 10mg or 25mg delivered unpredictably through digestion 90 minutes later. That is the founding argument of the brand and the design principle behind every formula in the lineup. Browse every botanical wellness and hemp edible at ProCannabis alongside the full 1906 Drops range.

What Is Lipid Micro-Encapsulation and Why Does 1906 Use It Instead of Standard Edibles?

1906 built its entire product line around lipid micro-encapsulation — a delivery technology the brand states produces onset in 20 minutes versus 45 to 120 minutes for standard cannabis edibles. Understanding how this works explains both why 1906 Drops must be swallowed whole and why the brand positions them as categorically different from gummies, chocolates and standard capsules.

Standard edibles rely entirely on gastrointestinal digestion. The cannabinoids travel through the stomach, reach the small intestine, get metabolised by the liver in what pharmacology calls the first-pass effect, and only then enter the bloodstream. That pathway takes between 45 and 120 minutes and varies significantly based on what the buyer ate, their individual metabolism and their gut transit time — which is why the same gummy hits differently at different times for the same person. Lipid micro-encapsulation, as 1906 describes it, wraps cannabinoids in microscopic fat particles engineered to absorb directly through the intestinal wall rather than waiting for full digestion to complete. This bypasses a portion of the liver-first bottleneck and delivers cannabinoids into circulation faster and more consistently. The fat particle shell is also why every 1906 Drop must be swallowed whole and never chewed or crushed — breaking the capsule destroys the encapsulation mechanism and reduces the Drop to a slow-acting standard edible. The technology is 1906's core patent position and the reason every formula in the lineup — from Boost to Sleep — shares the same 20-minute onset claim regardless of the botanical blend inside.

What Are the Five 1906 Drops Formulas at ProCannabis and What Is in Each One?

ProCannabis carries five 1906 Drops formulas — each built for a distinct use case, time of day and cannabinoid profile. All five share the lipid micro-encapsulation delivery system, all are vegan, sugar-free, calorie-free and gluten-free, and all must be swallowed whole.

Boost Drops — 2mg THC, no botanicals: The purest formula in the 1906 lineup — 2mg of hemp-derived Delta-9 THC and nothing else active. No added cannabinoids, no botanicals. 1906 positions Boost as the formula for buyers who want the lipid micro-encapsulation delivery and the precise 2mg microdose without any botanical modifier. The baseline 1906 experience.

Genius Drops — 2mg THC, 2.5mg CBD, CBG, 9-ingredient nootropic formula: 1906's cognitive-performance formula. Alongside THC, CBD and CBG, Genius contains rhodiola and bacopa among its nine active botanical ingredients — adaptogenic and nootropic compounds documented in research for their studied associations with cognitive endurance and stress resilience. Genius is the daytime focus formula in the lineup.

Go Drops — 2mg THC, CBD, caffeine, galangal, L-theanine, theobromine: The energy-forward daytime formula. Go pairs THC and CBD with caffeine, L-theanine and theobromine — the combination that research documents as producing more sustained alertness with less jitteriness than caffeine alone, because L-theanine is documented for attenuating caffeine's stimulatory side effects. Galangal is a botanical from the ginger family studied in research for its bioactive compounds. Go is positioned as 1906's morning or pre-activity formula. Browse every hemp sleep product at ProCannabis for the full 1906 Sleep Drops range alongside comparable nighttime hemp formats.

Sleep Drops — 2mg THC, 5mg CBD, 2mg CBN, no melatonin: The nighttime formula — and the only one in the ProCannabis 1906 lineup with CBN, the cannabinoid most associated with sedative effects in the research literature. Sleep contains no melatonin — a deliberate formulation choice. 1906 positions the absence of melatonin as a quality signal: melatonin is documented to cause morning grogginess in many users at higher doses, while CBN and CBD together are the brand's preferred approach for sleep support without the next-morning heaviness.

Chill Drops — 2mg THC, 25mg CBD, magnolia bark, L-theanine: The highest-CBD formula in the ProCannabis 1906 lineup at 25mg CBD per Drop alongside 2mg THC. Magnolia bark has been documented in pharmacological research for its honokiol and magnolol content, compounds studied in relation to GABA-A receptor activity. L-theanine is documented in research for its association with alpha brain wave patterns and relaxation without sedation. Chill is the most CBD-forward formula — suited to situations where the buyer wants calm and ease rather than performance or sleep.

How Does 1906 Position Its Drops Against Recreational Cannabis — and Who Are They For?

1906 New Highs positions its Drops as the opposite of what the legal cannabis market spent its first decade building. The dominant product strategy in legal cannabis from 2012 onward was maximising THC potency — higher milligrams, stronger effects, larger doses. 1906's response to that market direction is explicit in its brand positioning: precision over potency. The brand is not designed for buyers who want the strongest possible THC experience. It is designed for buyers who want a reliable, predictable, repeatable effect from a consistent low dose — people who want to function, perform or sleep better without the uncertainty and impairment that recreational high-dose cannabis produces.

The target buyer profile 1906 describes is adults who use cannabis intentionally rather than recreationally — professionals using Genius or Go for cognitive performance during the day, people using Chill as a lower-impact alternative to alcohol in social situations, buyers using Sleep for sleep support without melatonin, and microdose users who want the consistent 2mg baseline of Boost without botanical modifiers. Every formula is low enough in THC that the buyer is intended to feel a subtle shift, not impairment. 1906 states the goal explicitly: cannabinoids should enhance your life, not interrupt it.

What 1906 Products Does ProCannabis Carry and What Is the Full Catalog at the1906.com?

ProCannabis carries five 1906 Drops formulas: Boost (2mg THC), Genius (2mg THC, 2.5mg CBD, CBG, 9-ingredient nootropic), Go (2mg THC, CBD, caffeine, galangal, L-theanine, theobromine), Sleep (2mg THC, 5mg CBD, 2mg CBN, no melatonin) and Chill (2mg THC, 25mg CBD, magnolia bark, L-theanine). Each formula is available in a 5-count portable pouch and a 25-count tin.

The full 1906 catalog at the1906.com extends beyond the ProCannabis selection to additional formulas including Bliss, Love and Off Duty — each targeting different use cases the ProCannabis lineup does not cover. Sampler packs and bundle formats are available at the1906.com for buyers who want to try multiple formulas before committing to a 25-count tin. The brand also sells directly in Colorado dispensaries in marijuana-derived versions of the same formulas, which use dispensary-licensed THC rather than hemp-derived Delta-9 — the same compound, different regulatory source. Browse every CBD and Delta-9 hemp product at ProCannabis for the full 1906 range alongside comparable functional hemp edible formats.