This article aimed at those who have a Legal supply of Medical marijuana Only! ( since this forum does-not advocate the breaking of any laws! )

> Up in smoke. That's where 85% of your Marijuana goes, Only about 15% of inhaled burning Marijuana is absorbed. the rest is blown away. By digesting Marijuana thru the digestive system, rather than thru the lungs, we can realize nearly 100% of it's effects & spare the lungs the irritation of inhaling a burning substance!

> THE THEORY; the THC, which is the active part of marijuana, is contained within tiny plant cells. These cells are surrounded by a tough cellulose skin. When smoked, the cellulose skin is burned, and the THC vapors are released to be absorbed thru your lungs and carried by your blood stream directly to your brain!
If you ate primo-bud, however, you would not get much effect. the cellulose skin is indigestible and pot cells will pass out of your body unchanged. So, how can we break-thru this tough, cellulose skin, without burning ( or cooking-up those nasty tasting marijuana brownies ), to make the THC contained therein available to our digestive system?

> THE METHOD; The first piece of equipment needed is a blender. It must have Very Sharp blades ( a coffee mill or grinder may also work. ) Put your Very Dry marijuana leaf into the blender and grind the stuff up.
Strain the ground-up pot thru a very fine screen. A triple-zero ( 000 ) brass screen purchased from your local hardware store is best. Blend and re-blend the stuff, and filter it thru the screen repeatedly. the object is to end up with ground-up weed that is near the consistency of flour ( leave out any left over fibrous material. )

> It is important that the grass be Very Dry and ground-up to the finest consistency. This exposes the greatest number of cells containing THC to the extraction process. The plant cells containing the THC are almost impossible to rupture in order to release the THC. Until recently, the only commonly-employed method was to burn them and inhale the smoke. That is, until the appearance of the Microwave oven!
Your second piece of apparatus is a microwave oven!

> THC is soluble in both alcohol and oil. the alcohol is not acceptable for capsule making, so oil is the choice!
I've always used expensive Olive oil in the process, but any good liquid vegetable oil will do.

> Place a portion, or all if you only have a small amount, of your ground-up grass powder into a microwave-safe clear-glass container. Pour in some oil. The amount of oil can-not be specified, as it depends upon the amount of your marijuana powder. A 20% oil-to-powder ratio will be about right.

> Microwave this mixture for a few seconds, then remove from the oven and stir. Repeat this process several times, microwaving and stirring. Add oil if necessary. The mixture must be very oily, black, almost-tarry consistency.
Continue to microwave and stir until the mixture becomes quite hot and just begins to smoke very slightly.
Do-Not scorch the mixture. Allow the mixture to cool for a short time.

> What has happened is that the marijuana plant cells have ruptured in the microwave oven, and the released THC is trapped in the oil surrounding them. the oil containing the released THC is completely digestible!

> After the mixture has cooled for a short time, stuff it into empty 00 capsules. Put the capsules in a bottle and freeze them Immediately! This is Important; the capsules MUST be stored in the freezer. the released THC dissolved in the oil will spoil or become rancid if not frozen. the capsules keep indefinitely if frozen.
In Fact, the freezer can make them even stronger. the freezing tends to rupture the few remaining THC-containing cells the microwave may have missed.

> Alternative to freezer... If freezer storage is not possible, the capsules can be made with a hard Crisco-like type oil. the capsules must still be kept in a very cool place, preferably the refrigerator.
Storage time will be reduced in proportion to the warmth of the storage place.
This method is OK if you are making just a few capsules to be used in a short period of time.

> USING The CAPSULES; When ingesting the capsules, they should be removed from the freezer and swallowed frozen. 1 capsule, or the maximum of 2, are all that is needed for a long-lasting, very intense experience! ( the good doctor used shake leaf, buds will most likely produce much stronger effects! )

> Also, the effects come on very slowly and subtly. Remember, it takes 60 to 90 minutes for marijuana to take effect in this form. You may think nothing is happening due to the slowness, but after awhile you realize you are more stoned than you have ever been on marijuana!

> Remember... you've got all the good stuff inside you!

Not saying the method wouldnt work, but I believe your 'theory' is wrong. Heating marijuana is required to convert THCA to THC, it has nothing to do with breaking down cell walls. Someone correct me if Im wrong?



http://www.marijuanagrow...s-turning-thca-into-thc/

This is what I've always heard. However his idea also makes some sense I can imagine breaking the cell walls allows for further release. Also to avoid losing so much in the smoke, just take smaller hits and hold them longer like DMT, this causes less harsh smoke and much less wasted weed. Trust me tried and true method.

from what i have been told, lysing cells is unnecessary as most of the cannabinoids are in the trichomes.

and yes, decarboxylation (using heat to convert THCA to THC) is required for oral activity.


for oil extraction i recommend mixing oil/butter in some hot water, and then extracting from there (the water acts as a polar solvent, and the oil a non-polar: helps the oil come out cleaner, having more room for actives - obviously they seperate easily).

Ive heard that drying the green completley as much as possible also decarbs it

Microwaves are bad juju IMHO. Infusing oils with cannabis is easy with a slow cooker (crock pot) and oils like coconut are great for infusing into. Low and slow heat works like a charm and moves the goodies out of the plant material and into the oil very effectively.

i usse to do this with coconut oil and hash then after id add phenylalanine and ahh what was the other thing one of them made your brain absorb it better and the other made your stomach absorb it better also the powder that was added helps out alot with the consistency they were bomb digaty

afaik that degrades THC and CBD into CBN, i do not believe it decarbs it.

though it could be both (somehow i don't think so, because cannabis is inactive in its natural state [though i do not know if dried is considered its natural state]).

Why not simply make the weed oil as you normally would when making brownies, but simply instead of mixing the weed oil with the brownie mix (or whatever you're cooking it into) you could just put it in the gel caps in the freezer instead?

i think this is his tek for infusing oil (be it for capsules or brownies).

personally i prefer the old hippie method of boiling/simmering water and oil in the same pot.

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I was looking up how to make oil this week. I want to have an oil i can dose acurately with a dropper. It seems important to heat the weed to decarboxylate it.

Any opinions on whether it would work to simply heat 100ml olive oil in a jar in the oven at 120 degrees centigrade, and when its hot, crumble 2.5grams of bud in the oil, cover with a bit of foil to stop too many precious vapours (like terpenes) escaping, and cook in the oven at 120C for 30 minutes? I got a greenish brown oil that is pretty active, obviously with lots of weed floating in it.

Most of the teks I've looked at seem to be two stage, like heating the weed first , then heating in oil, or messy, like using water plus oil. Is there any advantage of more complicated teks over the simple method I described? I'm using a pretty high CBD variety, I think its 5% CBD and 5% THC, if that makes any difference.