Recently oil/budder/shatter/wax has taken off in a big way. More and more patients are joining the '710' movement for many reasons. Some people find that it gets them higher without having to smoke as much, others enjoy it for the vaporizing aspect, some just plain like the idea of new things to add to their glass collection.
With this boom in popularity of course comes people looking to take advantage. More and more people are making their own or purchasing it via their local dispensary.
The unfortunate side of this is that not many dispensaries have compassion anymore. Sure you can find some that offer great prices ($40 eights & $40 grams of hash[oil included]) but the question isn't are they being compassionate with pricing; the question should be are they being compassionate with how well this medicine was created?
Are clubs just looking at the numbers and bottom-line so much that they're forgetting why they're supposed to exist? To offer high QUALITY, SAFE medicine for patients in NEED.
The fact is most patients believe that these dispensaries have their best interests at heart. Many people will clout their "club bud" and brag about how they "got it from the club" however does this even mean anything today?
I'm writing this blog because I've seen some unfortunate things go on, firsthand within these "compassionate" dispensaries.
Sure it's great to read that the oil I purchased has that 80% THC lab tested results. However is that all that is important? Some will say, "Well I paid $40 for some bomb lab tested dispensary oil man AND it gets me blitzed!"
My question to you is how well was that oil made? Is it fully purged? Did they LAB TEST it to be sure?
The answer is no. The issue with this is the law. While it is legal to possess hash oil it is not legal to make.
So what?
Well the laboratories which test your products do not want to test for solvents because using solvents to make hash oil is ILLEGAL. If they were to test for this they'd be doing an act which implies they understand they're handling product which is illegal.
The question becomes, how do patients get quality product that is not under-purged with impurities and solvents in it?
One answer is to ask your dispensary. The truth is, as a consumer we shouldn't have to worry about this. This is the manufacturer + dispensaries job, not us. We're supposed to RELY ON THEM.
The sad truth is we can't. At least not always. I'd advise you to truly get to know the dispensaries you support. If they can't, won't or don't know how to answer, is that someone you want to do business with?
I have a good friend who produces some superb hash oil that is truly lab grade quality and made the right way (which involves a $5-$10k investment). These are the type of people we need to thank and encourage.
The people who make it in their backyards, in dirty environments while drinking beers with friends are not the ones producing high quality, SAFE medicine.
The people who invest, study religiously, understand chemistry, and take the time to produce hash oil are the folks we want.
So while you may be paying $40 for that wax that gets you so stoned, others might be paying $60 for some that gets them equally high (if not more) AND is properly purged.
Moral of the story: it's not always the price that is important, but the terms.
With this boom in popularity of course comes people looking to take advantage. More and more people are making their own or purchasing it via their local dispensary.
The unfortunate side of this is that not many dispensaries have compassion anymore. Sure you can find some that offer great prices ($40 eights & $40 grams of hash[oil included]) but the question isn't are they being compassionate with pricing; the question should be are they being compassionate with how well this medicine was created?
Are clubs just looking at the numbers and bottom-line so much that they're forgetting why they're supposed to exist? To offer high QUALITY, SAFE medicine for patients in NEED.
The fact is most patients believe that these dispensaries have their best interests at heart. Many people will clout their "club bud" and brag about how they "got it from the club" however does this even mean anything today?
I'm writing this blog because I've seen some unfortunate things go on, firsthand within these "compassionate" dispensaries.
Sure it's great to read that the oil I purchased has that 80% THC lab tested results. However is that all that is important? Some will say, "Well I paid $40 for some bomb lab tested dispensary oil man AND it gets me blitzed!"
My question to you is how well was that oil made? Is it fully purged? Did they LAB TEST it to be sure?
The answer is no. The issue with this is the law. While it is legal to possess hash oil it is not legal to make.
So what?
Well the laboratories which test your products do not want to test for solvents because using solvents to make hash oil is ILLEGAL. If they were to test for this they'd be doing an act which implies they understand they're handling product which is illegal.
The question becomes, how do patients get quality product that is not under-purged with impurities and solvents in it?
One answer is to ask your dispensary. The truth is, as a consumer we shouldn't have to worry about this. This is the manufacturer + dispensaries job, not us. We're supposed to RELY ON THEM.
The sad truth is we can't. At least not always. I'd advise you to truly get to know the dispensaries you support. If they can't, won't or don't know how to answer, is that someone you want to do business with?
I have a good friend who produces some superb hash oil that is truly lab grade quality and made the right way (which involves a $5-$10k investment). These are the type of people we need to thank and encourage.
The people who make it in their backyards, in dirty environments while drinking beers with friends are not the ones producing high quality, SAFE medicine.
The people who invest, study religiously, understand chemistry, and take the time to produce hash oil are the folks we want.
So while you may be paying $40 for that wax that gets you so stoned, others might be paying $60 for some that gets them equally high (if not more) AND is properly purged.
Moral of the story: it's not always the price that is important, but the terms.
