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Understanding THC Concentrates: Types of Wax, Their Forms, and Extraction Methods

The Herb Collective

If you’re a cannabis enthusiast or simply curious about THC concentrates, you’ve likely encountered various types of waxes, including shatter, crumble, sugar wax, rosin, live resin, and hash. What Are THC Concentrate Waxes? Types of THC Concentrate Waxes Shatter Texture: Glass-like and brittle. Hash Texture: Solid or powdery.

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How to make THC Crystals

The Cannigma

This novel cannabis concentrate is the raw form of THC, the main intoxicating compound found in cannabis flower. What are THC crystals? THC crystals are THCa crystalline or THCa isolate. Cannabis plants don’t directly produce THC; they turn the “mother cannabinoid” cannabigerolic acid (CBGa) into THCa.

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Understanding Hash and Its Many Varieties

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

In the simplest terms, hash is a concentrate formed by the compression of cannabis trichomes, also known as resin glands, creating a dense, solid substance. This resin is produced by the cannabis trichomes and acts as a sort of defensive barrier to protect the plant from any pests that might harm it.

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Cannabis Bioengineering : The Wave of the Future

Veriheal

If you’re looking for other ways to get your THC or other cannabinoids, your options are a little bit limited right now. As for THC itself, though, it has only been found in the cannabis plant. THC, which is the primary psychoactive substance in the cannabis plant, isn’t found throughout the entire plant. Don’t get us wrong.

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How to make edibles with kief

The Cannigma

Kief is a fine green powder made from fallen trichomes, the shiny, hair-like substance on cannabis plants. These trichomes house a majority of the cannabinoids and terpenes in the plant, making a small amount intensely powerful. But these cannabinoids need to undergo a chemical change called decarboxylation to become THC and CBD.

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What Is Nanoemulsion and What Does It Mean for Cannabis Beverages?

The Cannigma

Cannabis drinkables offer the promise of a better THC experience — the perfect happy hour libation with friends or colleagues — without any smoking or vaping needed and no hangover the next day. Because it is not water soluble, THC won’t seamlessly blend into most beverages. Trichomes on a cannabis plant. What is nanoemulsion?

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THC or CBD: Which Is for You?

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

CBD and THC are the two foremost cannabinoid compounds available in products from smokeable flower to edibles, topicals, and more. So, how do THC and CBD differ, and which one should you buy? Differences Between THC and CBD. That is true if you consume a cannabis product containing THC. Medical Benefits of THC.

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