As with any form of cannabis, there are many factors to consider before consuming cannabis extracts, including the product's potency. Here's what you need to know before trying extracts.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The amount you should consume depends on your body's response: try a small amount and wait at least an hour to determine any potential effects.- The intensity and longevity of the effects produced by cannabis extracts depend on many factors.
- Buying legal cannabis extracts is the best way to ensure the product contains the advertised amount of THC and CBD and no contaminants.
Cannabis extracts or concentrates can provide a smoke-free alternative to consuming dried cannabis. However, there are many considerations for extracts, including the amount you should consume and the potency.
What Type of Extract Should I Choose?
The type of cannabis product and consumption method — inhaling or ingesting — depends on the desired effect and your previous experience with consuming cannabis.
Unlike smoking dried cannabis, which can produce effects within minutes, ingesting cannabis extracts can delay the onset of the impact, from 30 minutes to four hours or more. This delay is because Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, and other cannabinoids enter the body through the digestive tract, where they are absorbed into the bloodstream and travel to the liver. There they are metabolized and released back into the bloodstream. These active ingredients then enter the brain and the rest of the central nervous system, where there are high amounts of CB1 receptors, potentially producing an effect.
Choosing a method of consumption depends on personal preference. Dabbing is not recommended if you are new to cannabis, as it is complicated and utilizes highly potent extracts. Dabbing involves consuming a cannabis extract in oil or wax form by placing it on a very hot surface (called a nail) attached to a dab rig. The vapour that is produced is then inhaled through the rig. It is a complicated process that can produce strong, immediate effects. It may increase your risk of experiencing negative effects, including toxic psychosis, orthostatic hypotension, and acute impairment.
How Much Should I Consume?
The way you consume cannabis extracts will alter the onset, duration, and intensity of effects, so start low and go slow even if you have consumed cannabis before. Also, choose products that are lower in THC or higher in cannabidiol (CBD) to counter some of the effects of THC.
To avoid consuming too much, start with a very small amount, especially if you are trying a new product, and wait at least two hours to see how it affects your body before taking more.
Although there are rough estimates of the intensity and longevity of the effects produced by cannabis products, they depend on many personal factors, such as your weight and sex, how much food you consumed before consumption and your metabolic rate.
Why Buy Legal?
When you purchase a cannabis extract from the legal market, either through Ashario.ca or a Licensed Retailer, you can be sure the THC and CBD content in the product is printed accurately on the product label. Cannabis extracts can be highly concentrated — the latest extraction methods can create a product over 90% THC — so there is the potential for overconsumption. Extracts available through Ashario.ca meant to be inhaled can contain no more than 1,000 mg of THC per package; ingestible extracts contain no more than 10 mg of THC per unit.
Buying legal cannabis extracts ensures the product does not contain any harmful solvents found in products in the illegal market.
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Important Notice: Content on this website is intended strictly for informational purposes. Ashario does not promote any product or represent that the products mentioned on Ashario's website are treatments for any kind of medical condition. Ashario cannot guarantee that information provided is error-free or complete and is not responsible for the quality of the information provided by users. Ashario does not endorse any user-reported information, any particular strain, product, producer, organization, treatment, or therapy.
