How Cannabis Disappeared From Western Medicine

By Steve Gold

Cannabis did not leave Western medicine because it had suddenly been proven ineffective. By the time it was effectively removed from clinical practice in the mid-twentieth century, it had established a place in nineteenth-century medicine through roughly a century of documented use, practitioner observation, and published case literature. The question worth asking is not whether…

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THCA Does Not Simply Dissolve in Carrier Oil

By Steve Gold

When THCA-rich ice water hash is introduced into warmed carrier oil, stirred, blended, and later filtered, the preparation can look finished. The oil appears uniform. Visible material has been removed, and the liquid may appear as though the THCA-rich fraction has dissolved into the carrier. There is no obvious separation, no obvious particulate, no sign…

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