How do we know when all the THC is gone?

ataxian

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Yes @samantabha discussions of ABV and reclaim are only relevant when supply is limited. I still see indigent folk eating out of trash cans and picking up cigarette butts.

And there will be some small set of people (not me) for whom ABV/reclaim has significant therapeutic benefits.

Therapeutic!

Reclaim ABV is like dumpster diving!

If you have a very tight situation it's a solution.

I throw away all my ABV.
Reclaim I've made with ISO in the past. (taste horrible to me?)
Medication wise it needs to be flavorful and enjoyable for therapeutic benefit.

Shatter made from top colas is Flavor/Effect.
Only the best nuggets of flower are to be vaporized.
 

biohacker

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Therapeutic!

Reclaim ABV is like dumpster diving!

If you have a very tight situation it's a solution.

I throw away all my ABV.
Reclaim I've made with ISO in the past. (taste horrible to me?)
Medication wise it needs to be flavorful and enjoyable for therapeutic benefit.

Shatter made from top colas is Flavor/Effect.
Only the best nuggets of flower are to be vaporized.

100% agree and I do the same. I've tried it all with ABV, reclaim, edibles, re-vaping on higher temp, and honestly my favourite and only thing I do with it is throw it out! Then again, I refuse to drink budget beer and cheap coffee. Everyone is different!
 

pakalolo

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As I said before and @OF notwithstanding, most ABV contains significant quantities of all the important cannabis compounds. It does, however, have a higher ratio of CBN to THC, thus the effects are different. You can consume these in edibles or extract them with various techniques. In many cases, if you can stand the taste and have the right vapourizer, you can even re-vape ABV. The CBN:THC ratio in ABV could be (and probably is in my opinion) well suited for treating certain medical conditions.
 

SSVUN~YAH

You Must Unlearn, What You Have Learned...
Therapeutic!

Reclaim ABV is like dumpster diving!

If you have a very tight situation it's a solution.

I throw away all my ABV.
Reclaim I've made with ISO in the past. (taste horrible to me?.
Cannabis is the holy grail, or delta9thc? You surely compost right? To just throw away seems like an unfitting end...

100% agree and I do the same. I've tried it all with ABV, reclaim, edibles, re-vaping on higher temp, and honestly my favourite and only thing I do with it is throw it out!!
Have you tried tinctures and salves? ABV is wonderful I'm so glad I don't waste mine. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, compost get the most out of a great plant! ABV just thrown away, makes me feel like:
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biohacker

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Have you tried tinctures and salves? ABV is wonderful I'm so glad I don't waste mine. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, compost get the most out of a great plant! ABV just thrown away, makes me feel like

They don't have an effect on me.... I actually just wash it down the kitchen sink lol
 
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thisperson

Ruler of all things person
I suppose the real question here is would you pick up a quarter on the ground?

Some people say they would, others say they see no need. It just means we are in different economic situations, or grew up in different economic situations.

I for one would and consider it wasteful to throw away a quarter (abv). Even if it's not shiny. That even goes down to a penny. I have a drawer were I just throw in pennies that I get back as change or pick up. For no other reason than it is copper and some day I may want to use it as copper or I may want to use it as a penny.

I think there are more differences in this type of mindset. (E.g. Do you try to make it yourself or just buy it?) but I feel this is a discussion for another thread.

Edit: People's opinions may have been formulated by something other than their economic situation. I would love to hear the reasons, I can't think of any besides those!
 

RUDE BOY

Space is the Place
If i ingest enough ABV to get a good buzz, 6-8 hours latter i'll have a wicked headache so i just pitch mine nowadays myself, When it becomes legal here I'll start holding onto it again to make salves and ointments for external use, @thisperson right now saving ABV just isn't worth the legal risk for me since 30 grams of near spent ABV will send me to prison just like 30 grams of the finest fresh top shelf buds.
 

z9

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If i ingest enough ABV to get a good buzz, 6-8 hours latter i'll have a wicked headache so i just pitch mine nowadays myself, When it becomes legal here I'll start holding onto it again to make salves and ointments for external use, @thisperson right now saving ABV just isn't worth the legal risk for me since 30 grams of near spent ABV will send me to prison just like 30 grams of the finest fresh top shelf buds.

I don't get the best effects from ABV either and I ditch mine because of legality as well. Ounces of ABV plus my fresh herb is more than enough to get me for intent to sell and concentrating said ABV is just going to get me in more trouble... Fuck that, not worth it
 

ataxian

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Cannabis is the holy grail, or delta9thc? You surely compost right? To just throw away seems like an unfitting end...


Have you tried tinctures and salves? ABV is wonderful I'm so glad I don't waste mine. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, compost get the most out of a great plant! ABV just thrown away, makes me feel like:
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You make me feel guilty!
 

RUDE BOY

Space is the Place
It only takes once to fuck up your life for a long time. I've known someone who spent 7 yrs in prison for having 8 grams, a letter scale and a couple of empty baggies who was arrested after calling 911 because his father had a stroke. You just never know.



Here if you have a scale or a box of sandwich bags or a wad of cash in small bills or a gun along with any amount of Marijuana on the same property you could be tied up with legal problems for a while.
 
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OF

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As I said before and @OF notwithstanding, most ABV contains significant quantities of all the important cannabis compounds.

The CBN:THC ratio in ABV could be (and probably is in my opinion) well suited for treating certain medical conditions.

Well put. Most ABV has some residual of interest to some people, especially MMJ folks. However, I think I'm far far from alone in the belief that you can remove so much that what's left is impractical. And we have, I believe, the recent test series from MRC Labs that supports this. They were, they claim, able to remove all the THC and I see no reason to doubt them.

I think each guy needs to decide this one on their own, and most correctly by experience. As some have just said, saving ABV on principle can be a risk sometimes. I think if you're going to do that (save ABV) it's best to have a real plan. Try 'recovering' from some and see if it's going to work for you?

Like buying eyeglasses, this is a decision so personal your friend and parents (let alone random opinion from the net) can't make for you? All we can really do is report our experiences and any objective evidence (like the MRC tests) and hope our fellows will profit by it. In the end the call it theirs. The best we can hope for is helping that be an informed decision.

Don't guess......try it and see?

You make me feel guilty!

And they said it couldn't be done........

Life is filled with endless possibilities. Ain't that keen?

OF
 

ataxian

PALE BLUE DOT
Sorry that wasn't my intention, I honestly thought you did compost though...

Edit- @z9 @RUDE BOY the fuzz come knocking a bunch around there?
I know your correct!

I need to save my ABV again and figure out how to recover the remaining THC without the horrible taste. If you know how please give me your formula.

That is why I just use COLAS to make shatter that I can handle.
It's so easy to make!
Even I can do it?
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Currently I stir for that one last hit.
I try to extract as much as I can before I throw is away.

Maybe I take the wrong approach?
I'm picky about wine and food as well.
OK I look at CANNABIS as a gourmet form of medicating effectively. Can't medicine taste good as well?

@RUDE BOY that's a terrible story!
7 years?
Bar's are legal?
Where is the logic in that?
@z9 I high temperature vape before bed as well lately and I find it very effective. I'm just learning!
 
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z9

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Sorry that wasn't my intention, I honestly thought you did compost though...

Edit- @z9 @RUDE BOY the fuzz come knocking a bunch around there?

Its just the principle, I risk enough for this wonderful plant.

I consider myself to be fairly frugal. I take my bud as far as I can before trashing it, I really try to get all I can out of it. Maybe I just enjoy the high temp effects around bed time a little too much:zzz: My ABV is typically very dark

It only takes once to fuck up your life for a long time. I've known someone who spent 7 yrs in prison for having 8 grams, a letter scale and a couple of empty baggies who was arrested after calling 911 because his father had a stroke. You just never know.

That's fucked. This is why I don't have a scale, I would love to weigh out what I load in bowls and measure my bho/qwet runs for yield but it just isn't worth it.
 
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thisperson

Ruler of all things person
You guys make good points about being caught for possession. I hadn't considered that.

To be honest I'm not too sure on what I'm allowed to carry here in CA. I know I can have 16 plants, 12 flowering 4 non-flowering but I don't know how much I can carry.

I always thought I could have pounds because I could have plants. Am I wrong?

I don't carry large amounts though, so I'm okay. And I'm only just trying to grow. My third attempt died again, going for a fourth attempt in a few days. Outdoor is kind of tricky...especially when there are hungry gophers.
 

RUDE BOY

Space is the Place
You guys make good points about being caught for possession. I hadn't considered that.

To be honest I'm not too sure on what I'm allowed to carry here in CA. I know I can have 16 plants, 12 flowering 4 non-flowering but I don't know how much I can carry.

That's it, here where i live having any part of a cannabis plant no matter how little it weighs is Illegal in reality so even a forgotten stash of stems and seeds left in an album cover for 30 yrs could get you detained and forced to go to "Drug Classes" twice a week at $40 a class for a year. Get caught with 16 plants and your screwed for decades.
 

SSVUN~YAH

You Must Unlearn, What You Have Learned...
I agree guys, no intention of arguments or judging. It's a sad world we live in if we have to hide Cannabis! My cabinet is full of SC Johnson chemicals that I know can "buzz" and kill me. A bar full of alcohol that can do the same. I have Nutmeg, why isn't it illegal?!? I know the fuzz can bust me but I refuse to let them dictate my lifestyle on my property. That being said I live on 35+ agriculturally zoned land and my neighbors are not the nosey or complaining type, so my experience is different.
 

ataxian

PALE BLUE DOT
You guys make good points about being caught for possession. I hadn't considered that.

To be honest I'm not too sure on what I'm allowed to carry here in CA. I know I can have 16 plants, 12 flowering 4 non-flowering but I don't know how much I can carry.

I always thought I could have pounds because I could have plants. Am I wrong?

I don't carry large amounts though, so I'm okay. And I'm only just trying to grow. My third attempt died again, going for a fourth attempt in a few days. Outdoor is kind of tricky...especially when there are hungry gophers.
In southern California 6 plants is the limit. 8 oz of flowers is the limit.
I single plant grow indoors is the safest were I live.

Growing outdoors is big trouble even in the part of California where I live.

Indoor growing can get costly.
If the law would permit outdoor would be the cheapest!

8 oz is the limit.

When one plant yields over a pound dry weight the trash can is full.
This what I understand of our present law?
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I threw 7 colas this size away at harvest to be in line with our laws.
When I throw away colas this size it makes me reluctant to save ABV.
 
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thisperson

Ruler of all things person
Huh. My info is way off. I got it two, almost three, years ago from my doctor's office.

It couldn't have changed could it? I'm going to google it.

This is what the prop text had to say.

...sets a baseline statewide guideline of 6 mature or 12 immature plants, and 1/2 pound (8 oz.) processed cannabis per patient. Individual cities and counties are allowed to enact higher, but not lower, limits than the state standard...

http://www.canorml.org/medical-marijuana/local-growing-limits-in-California#SanBerdu
 
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