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PUYALLUP Email [email protected] for more information. December 2014 PD more psychologically and physically What Are Marijuana Concentrates? How Is It Abused? intense than plant marijuana use. To date, long term effects of marijuana concentrate A marijuana concentrate is a highly potent use are not yet fully known; but, we do THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) concentrated know the effects of plant marijuana use. mass that is most similar in appearance to These effects include paranoia, anxiety, either honey or butter, which is why it is panic attacks, and hallucinations. Addition- referred to or known on the street as "honey ally, the use of plant marijuana increases oil" or "budder." one's heart rate and blood pressure. Plant marijuana users may also experience with- Marijuana concentrates contain extraordi- drawal and addiction problems. narily high THC levels that could range from 40 to 80%. This form of marijuana Photo: Marijuana Concentrate can be up to four times stronger in THC content than high grade or top shelf mari- One form of abuse occurs orally by infusing juana, which normally measures around marijuana concentrates in various food or 20% THC levels. drink products; however, smoking remains the most popular form of ingestion by use of water or oil pipes.
A disturbing aspect of this emerging threat is the ingestion of concentrates via electron- Photo: “Dab” of Marijuana Concentrate used with electronic cigarette ic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes) or Photo courtesy of San Antonio Police Dept., San Antonio, Texas vaporizers. Many abusers of marijuana concentrates prefer the e-cigarette/vaporizer because it's smokeless, odorless and easy to THC Extraction Process hide or conceal. The user takes a small Using Butane amount of marijuana concentrate, referred Photo: Marijuana Concentrate to as a "dab," then heats the substance using Many methods are utilized to convert or the e-cigarette/vaporizer producing vapors "manufacture" marijuana into marijuana that ensures an instant "high" effect upon concentrates. One method is the butane Street Names the user. Using an e-cigarette/vaporizer to extraction process. This process is particu- ingest marijuana concentrates is commonly larly dangerous because it uses highly Street or "slang" terms change often and referred to as "dabbing" or "vaping." flammable butane to extract the THC from vary regionally across the country. Marijua- the cannabis plant. In this process, shred- na concentrates are often referred to as 710 What Are The Effects Of Using ded or ground up plant material is stuffed (the word "OIL" flipped and spelled back- Marijuana Concentrates? into a glass, metal, or plastic pipe, with a wards), wax, ear wax, honey oil, budder, filter on one end and then the butane is butane hash oil, butane honey oil (BHO), forced in the open end of the pipe. As the Being a highly concentrated form of mari- butane goes through the pipe, the THC shatter, dabs (dabbing), black glass, and juana, the effects upon the user may be errl. within the plant material is extracted and