^all assumptions & we known what assumptions can do
, ~50% amber resin heads < based on what, your preferred harvest window? What if I want something different, harvest only clear/mildly cloudy? I will not get max terps, but if it gets me a profile that gives me more beneficial effects that *I* am after, fuck ~50% ;p.
And where are the published lab tests to verify that ratio is the same as the source material those terps are produced from? I also wonder how THCa crystal isolates are produced. Where are the lab tests that routinely test for contaminants in anything we consume?
Food grade terps, are safe for consumption??? Really, based on what type of consumption? FDA has not approved any of these terps for inhalation, nor have there been any good scientific studies I know of that would indicate inhalation is safe for your health long-term. Eating food is not the same as vaping a banana, lol. Do you vape crushed 'pure, lab tested' oxycodone, as it is 'safe' to take orally? (rhetorical Q).
tried and tested by tokers? <useless, imho; as unless it is a known strain, phenotype, from a certain strain provider/producer, from harvest to end-product; there is no standardization of any cannabis product. Has to be a qualified lab tested result, accept no other substitute.
^assume = non-sequitur > "One in every five people is Chinese. There are five people in my family. There's me, my mom and my dad, my brother Colin, and my brother Ho- Cha-Chu. I think it's Colin.
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I do not like to assume, I prefer to know when it comes to medical use, for my health. I have read steam distillation is used for some of these terp extractions...and without lab testings to show that they are exactly the same full-spectrum, no way to know if they are identical to the *source* material used, or if they comply with a particular strain. Then as stp points out, a same named strain, could depending on the source/producer/grower, come out with a profile that more closely matches an entirely different strain! I believe the Werc Shop tested numerous strains, only to find on a analytical basis, some strains where incorrectly named, and appeared to have same 'profile' as another named strain...what is in a name?
And it goes back, way back:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=3827&page=2
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I had The Werc Shop test a Hi-Fi choc bar that the label states contains 200mg THC, test results came out IIRC (can post the results if you want) ~98mg THC, ~130mb THCa >>>truth in labeling, you going to trust a dispensary or MMJ producer that is not regulated by the FDA... uh, huh, not me. True I could have heated/melted the choc bar
@High enough temp for 30min to decarb the remaining ~130mg THCa, but that is not the point...never mind the hassle (I was ultra stressed out, had to make a ultra high calorie meal replacement drink that included 1.5g of Real Scientific Oil 20% CBD paste of horrible taste, and 100mg-200mg THC in melted choc bar>>> just do not need additional complication when I have zero time to go on, as my father was dying from metastatic prostate cancer).
*medical* marijuana needs testing standards that all can rely on. FDA does not regulate aromatherapy products, since they are not considered to be medicine; and no peer review scientific publications I know of, prove the efficacy of aromatherapy, any more than homeopathy. Maybe you should all be reducing terps, as homeopathy theory would suggest microscopic amounts do the trick. And what about like CBD having an antagonist effect on THC, likewise we do not have the studies to show, whether or not, if you raise a certain terp to such a level, whether there is a threshold level where you get antagonistic effects, negating your beneficial cannabinoid effects.
Peer reviewed scientific published articles from 2015 by The Werc Shop, latest article on the contaminant problems with concentrates (note, smaller sample size, of limited number of producers...would have been better to have more of the 'name' brand concentrates tested...Werc Shop does not mention the strains of producers/processors):
http://thewercshop.com/information/scientific-studies/
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