Dabs are concentrated doses of cannabis that are made by extracting THC and other cannabinoids using a solvent like butane or carbon dioxide, resulting in sticky oils. Depending on their consistency, these marijuana concentrates are also commonly referred to as wax, shatter, budder, and butane hash oil (BHO). Marijuana wax and other dabs are typically heated on a …
Pot smokers looking for a heavier-hitting high are turning to “Shatter,” a weed concentrate that packs up to 80 percent cannabinoid content. Drug officials aren’t sure how to deal with the drug, a smooth, glassy substance that’s significantly more potent when smoked but is still, ultimately, a marijuana derivative and thus not particularly unsafe. Shatter is just …
THC syrups are infinitely versatile, as well as discreet and potent. While these products may resemble more intoxicating and potentially dangerous substances, cannabis-infused syrups are not the same as “sizzurp,” or “lean.” What’s THC syrup and what is it used for? We’ll go over this popular cannabis product and its many applications. What is THC …
From Cheech & Chong, to Dazed and Confused, to Pineapple Express, the stoner movement has developed more than its fair share of inside jokes and made-up words. These phrases are lasting and truly precious gems — the fruits of stupidly stoned giggle-fits shared between generations of potheads in smokey basements or secluded forest clearings. They …
“Weed” has been used as early as the pre-Reefer Madness days of 1929, when American Speech, the academic journal dedicated to the English language, included “weed” in its “Among the New Words” section as a term meaning “marijuana cigarette.” Additionally, “weed” was used for the first time without the word “the” in front in the …
Maybe you’re thinking about growing your very own weed at home, but you have about a thousand questions, such as when do cannabis plants flower? Well, in this article we’re going to try and give as clear an answer as possible to that delicate question. Cannabis plants have various different phases they must go through …
Weed beverages today are less weedy. “You almost forget that you’ve taken any THC at all,” says Kat Turner, chef and partner at Highly Likely Café in Los Angeles (and a friend of mine), referring to a microdosed flavored seltzer of sorts called Cann. It doesn’t contain alcohol. Out of the more than one hundred …
If you’ve ever smoked weed from a pipe, you’ve seen the black greasy gunk form inside it. This substance is called resin, and it’s the residue left behind after you smoke cannabis flower. A similar substance forms inside your dab rig when you smoke concentrates, only instead of resin, this yellow/gold/brown sticky substance is called …
Rosin is a marijuana extract that is free of chemicals and can be inhaled with a regular pipe, dab rig, or vaporizer. Over the past several years, both rosin and rosin presses have been gaining popularity in the cannabis industry, and for good reason. Don’t let the common nickname of the “everyman’s concentrate” fool you …
Hashish or just hash, is a potent cannabis concentrate made by extracting the resin from cannabis plants and working and pressing it into solid form. It can take the form of spheres (like Nepalese temple ball hash), bricks or “cakes” like the hash made in North Africa and the Levant, and dark, sticky fingers or …