Shatter is Potent but it is Not Pure

Dabs: shatter, wax, budder, live resin, sugar, sauce, moonrocks, full melt. These are all varying terms for different types of cannabis concentrates that are available in today’s legal (and, let’s be honest, illegal) cannabis market--one that is technologically advanced and highly concentrated, with advents of an impressively long list of new ways to consume cannabis -- most notably, dabbing. Concentrates are produced when the cannabinoids of the cannabis plant (like THC and CBD) are extracted from flowers of the plant using a solvent like butane or CO2, or without a solvent by being pressed with heat or using an ice...

How to Stay Safe This 710

“Dabs” are concentrated doses of cannabis that are made by extracting THC and other cannabinoids from the cannabis plant. This is done using 1) a solvent such as butane, carbon dioxide, water, ethanol, etc., resulting in products such as wax, shatter, budder, or live resin, or 2) solventless methods such as heating and cooling, resulting in products such as rosin. According to analyses revealed in a study conducted by Mallory Loflin and Dr. Mitch Earleywine, the use of “dabs” does not create more problems or accidents than the use of flower cannabis. This being said, the significantly increased...