Posts by Steve Gold
THCA and Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is not defined by inflammation alone. Its biology depends on a particular interaction between peripheral immune activity and the central nervous system, with glial cells, myelin, and nerve tissue all becoming part of the disease process. Any relevance THCA may have therefore has to be found within that specific biological environment, not inferred…
Read MoreIce Water Hash: Separation, Not Extraction
Every preparation decision made after the starting material exists assumes something about the material it is working with. Carrier oil selection, particle size, stability management: all of it depends on premises about the starting material that usually go unexamined. Ice water hash is a case where making that assumption explicit changes the entire argument. The…
Read MoreTHCA and Psoriasis
How the Biology May Intersect Most questions about a compound and a disease start in the wrong place. They start with efficacy: does it work, does it help, does it change the course of the condition. Those are legitimate questions, but they are not the first ones. Before efficacy can be asked in any meaningful…
Read MoreHow Cannabis Disappeared From Western Medicine
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…
Read MoreTHCA Does Not Simply Dissolve in Carrier Oil
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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