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Lupoi, Ph.D. There are many beautiful things about Cannabis sativa. Of genuflect and humbled unpretentiousness, as it’s ready to course, there’s the plants themselves. That goes without demonstrate at any given time that we don’t know everything, saying. Huge colas, alien-like protuberances dripping with despite what we might exude. resinous ingredients vital to humanity, and of course, in those glands, the terpenes, creators of the wonderfully diverse The cannabis extractor has several options on hand, but every assortment of fragrances. So, yeah – farmers get to take in lots decision begins with what products the extractor wants to of exquisiteness. create. This dictates which product refinement options to choose, if any. The base cannabis extract is called crude oil But it doesn’t end there. There are the plant’s medicinal and provides a wonderful alternate usage of the traditional gifts that have helped millions of people live with lessened phrase. Crude oil contains cannabinoids and terpenes of pain, anxiety, and depression, to name an ultra-limited few. course, but also contains co-extracted constituents like plant Veterans, cancer patients, opioid addicts, epileptic children, pigments and waxes. and the elderly have all benefitted from the enigmatic cannabis plant. And we’re only beginning to unearth the therapeutic Cannabis plants also contain water. Supercritical carbon potential. Analogously, we’ve only grabbed a fist full of topsoil. dioxide extraction, as an example, carries that water along There’s lots of scientific archaeological work to be done. for the ride, and thus, any water-soluble phytochemicals. Outside of the therapeutic realm, there’s the myriad of people This water may or may not be desired. Again, what are you who feel more functional and creative when utilizing cannabis; designing? Thus, the water might be decanted as a first step, this can be traced throughout history when considering boosting the potency of the crude. the making of musical, artistic, and literary works, or our appreciation of them. But wait, there’s more. Some Say It’ll Happen via the Big Freeze Waxes are removed during winterization. Making a cream, Something for Every Nerd balm, or lotion? Perhaps you want those waxes. But if you’re Many cannabis products are derived from extracting looking to create vaporizable products, winterization is critical, cannabinoids and terpenes and other phytochemicals, leaving the as inhaling waxes can be deleterious to your health. In those bulk of the biomass behind. You know the terms here. Hashish, cases, wax removal, using cold ethanol, further concentrates rosin, live resin, or shatter. Budder, badder, sugar, and wax. the remaining ingredients. Despite the extraction methods used to obtain these products, many involve some level of product refinement. Again, with more Some people will perform double winterization, or triple, terms: winterization, decarboxylation, distillation. Yes, it’s easy to even more, which may or may not be needed. While double nerd-out over C. sativa. winterization is a popular buzzword, a savvy extraction company should evaluate whether the mass loss from a It may seem rather daunting if you’re a nascent cannabis user second winterization (or more) is worth their time and or are new to the industry. There’s so much to learn. While expense. A tolling company should do likewise to gauge some people would have you believe that they are experts whether it’s worth their clients’ resources as well. After all, in the extraordinary ways of C. sativa, the plant warrants a honesty and good advice are still a part of humanity. EXTRACTION MAGAZINE 7 8 EXTRACTION MAGAZINE The Curse of the Glorified Gummy Bears making vaporizable products, you don’t need to decarboxylate, Next up is decarboxylation, a process that simply uses heat to as the heat generated from the device will do the job for you. convert acidic cannabinoids to their neutral brethren. If you’re But if you’re making edibles, and you don’t decarboxylate, EXTRACTION MAGAZINE 9 your customers will be left with an expensive, ineffective, and therefore, disappointing experience. There’s nothing We all know about distillation from booze, or water. Cannabis quite like buying glorified gummy bears for a few Andrew extractors use distillation for the same reason: purification. Jacksons, popping one, then another, and then, with a look of Your CBD and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) will gain befuddlement and fear, another, only to get nowhere at all. in strength, so, you’ll begin to refine to just a few molecules in the spectrum. Most of the terpenes are fractionated Terps in EM? Naturally into one collection flask, the desired distillate in another, These product refinement steps remove undesirable and then you’ve got the bottoms or tails, which contains ingredients, while also causing some loss in mass of key various concentrations of cannabinoids and other molecules constituents. While potency goes up, cannabinoids can separated out, like pigments. So, distillation also strips color, adhere to waxes, even when rinsed with cold ethanol, and and several passes through the distillation process enable decarboxylation bakes off some lighter, more volatile terpenes. amber hues to become gilded. And if there’s