Not a downvoter, but I was surprised to see "indica" and "sativa". I mean, I know that they're species. But most marijuana that people encounter these days is hardly recognizable in those terms. I only know a little about it. But it's my impression that there's been massive breeding, induction of polyploidy, etc, etc.
But I do agree totally with this:
> The subjective effects are really a matter of the ratios/amounts of cannabinoids and terpenoids and the manner of ingestion
There's lots more to marijuana than THC and CBD. Way back in grad school, we had a preparative gas chromatograph (GC). So I created a fat glass U column, and packed it with silica gel plus some retardant specified in a thesis. I extracted some marijuana with acetone, filtered, and then rotovapped to get "hash oil". Then I ran that through the GC.
Referring to the thesis, I identified the main THC, CBD, etc peaks. And so I captured fractions, using small glass U tubes in liquid nitrogen. Then a few of us sat around, vaping the various fractions, and comparing experience. It could have made a nice paper, but for the illegality, and the general unpublishablility of subjective experience.
>> So I created a fat glass U column, and packed it with silica gel plus some retardant specified in a thesis. I extracted some marijuana with acetone, filtered, and then rotovapped to get "hash oil". Then I ran that through the GC.
>> Referring to the thesis, I identified the main THC, CBD, etc peaks. And so I captured fractions, using small glass U tubes in liquid nitrogen.
That's pretty fantastic, but I think I'll stick to rollin' j's :)
But I do agree totally with this:
> The subjective effects are really a matter of the ratios/amounts of cannabinoids and terpenoids and the manner of ingestion
There's lots more to marijuana than THC and CBD. Way back in grad school, we had a preparative gas chromatograph (GC). So I created a fat glass U column, and packed it with silica gel plus some retardant specified in a thesis. I extracted some marijuana with acetone, filtered, and then rotovapped to get "hash oil". Then I ran that through the GC.
Referring to the thesis, I identified the main THC, CBD, etc peaks. And so I captured fractions, using small glass U tubes in liquid nitrogen. Then a few of us sat around, vaping the various fractions, and comparing experience. It could have made a nice paper, but for the illegality, and the general unpublishablility of subjective experience.