Posted by linkadge on November 30, 2019, at 17:06:43
In reply to Re: CBD and THC and My Experimentation...comments? » linkadge, posted by jay2112 on November 30, 2019, at 13:42:10
Yeah, I'm not sure what you have available to you. I'm with a licensed producer (Aurora) here in Canada.
You're right, I have not seen a single strain with both high THC and high CBD. Organigram (again, here in Canada) had one with ~8% CBD and ~8% THC, but that's out of stock at the moment.
I purchase two products 'Tower' (high in CBD) and Ghost Train Haze (high in THC). I would concur with anecdotal reports that adding CBD to THC enhances the effect (and, for me at least) reduces harshness and/or side effects.
Initially, I went with oils, then I combined that with vaping. Vaping is more cost effective, but as you mention it's likely not the best thing to do long term, if you can help it. Keep in mind, many of the lung injuries (making the news) are associated with cartridge vaporizers (i.e. e-liquids) rather than dry herb vaporizers.
A dry herb vaporizer basically warms the herb up till the THC decarboxylates and boils off. Because it doesn't 'burn' the herb, it is not producing the same carcinogens as combustion. However, you are still breathing in somewhat hot air, which may not be great. Some sophisticated vaporizers will run the air through a cooling unit.
I have good success making edibles. So, I buy dried buds, grind them up, heat them (~240F for 1 hour) and then pulverize and add oil. This produces a much stronger effect (i.e. less needed) and lasts longer. I basically mix some of the THC and CBD herb together.
As far as cost, yes it can add up. For ~$90 CAD I can get 10 grams shipped to my door all in. I get 5g's of each strain.
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