New Trend in Marijuana ‘Dabbing’ Prompts Concern
Malibu, CA (PRWEB) January 15, 2014 -- Butane hash oil is gaining popularity across the US. The process of smoking concentrated marijuana oil, known as dabbing, was recently reported in the Daily Beast on December 21st. The extremely potent, THC-based substance is known on the street as “honey,” “amber,” “wax,” or “ear wax.”
Manufacturers of food products utilize a similar process to make extracts from food products, including removing vitamins from broccoli and/or caffeine from coffee beans. The process uses chemicals which are not new to the food industry, but are often misused by amateurs when creating butane hash oil (BHO). How-to videos on YouTube describing the process are growing in popularity as well.
Amateur manufacturers of BHO have been known to purchase butane from hardware stores, which often contain benzene, a substance that can cause cancer. BHO is known to contain as much as 90% TCH, the active ingredient in marijuana. It is generally smoked using a glass device, which resembles a crack or meth pipe.
“Street drugs are extremely dangerous simply because they are addicting, and you don’t know what they were cut with.” said Pax Prentiss, CEO of Passages Addiction Treatment Centers. "At Passages, we are working very hard to keep everyone off of illegal drugs and so they can live a healthy and meaningful life."
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