BUDTENDERGUIDE

ONSUMPTION
FROM SMOKING AND VAPORIZING TO TINCTURES, CONCENTRATES,
AND EVEN TOPICALS, THERE’S AN AVENUE OF CONSUMPTION FOR
EVERY PERSON
FLOWER
RAW NUGS OR GROUND FLOWERS OF A DRIED AND CURED
CANNABIS PLANT. THIS FORM OF CANNABIS CAN BE SMOKED
USING BONGS (INCLUDING WATER BONGS, GRAVITY BONGS, AND
OTHER SPECIALIZED TYPES), PIPES (SUCH AS ONE HITTERS AND
THE MOST POPULAR FORM,
CONCENTRATES
SOMETIMES CALLED EXTRACTS, THESE POTENT DOSES OF
CANNABINOIDS ARE CREATED USING SOLVENTS OR EXTRACTION
AGENTS LIKE BUTANE OILS (BUTTER, WAX, SHATTER), CO2, ICE
WATER AND CBD OIL
VAPOR
INVOLVES PASSING A STREAM OF HEATED AIR OVER A SAMPLE
OF GROUND CANNABIS FLOWERS OR CONCENTRATE.
TINCTURES
SOMETIMES CALLED TONICS-CANNABIS FLOWERS OR TRIM LEAVES
THAT HAVE BEEN SOAKED IN ALCOHOL IN THE DARK FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS. THE ALCOHOL ACTS AS A SOLVENT, SEPARATING THE
RESIN GLANDS THAT CONTAIN CANNABINOIDS & TERPENES FROM
THE PLANT MATTER. THE RESIN BECOMES INFUSED INTO THE
ALCOHOL, WHICH IS THEN EVAPORATED OR COOKED OFF UNTIL A
LOW-ALCOHOL, THC-RICH LIQUID REMAINS.
EDIBLES
INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP IS CONFECTIONS, CANDY, CHOCOLATE,
SODA, BHANG MILK, AND OTHER FORMS OF CANNABIS-INFUSED
FOOD, OFTEN MADE WITH INFUSED OIL OR CANNABUTTER
(CANNABIS-INFUSED BUTTER). FOR THE MOST PART, IF IT CAN BE
EATEN, IT CAN BE INFUSED WITH CANNABIS OR THC. EDIBLES
OFFER ENHANCED POTENCY AND LONGER DURATION.
TOPICALS
CREAMS, BALMS, AND SALVES THAT ARE INFUSED WITH THC, CBD
(THE HIGHLY MEDICINAL NON-PSYCHOACTIVE COUSIN OF THC), OR
BOTH IN SPECIFIC RATIOS, LIKE 1:1.