How to increase the potency of MJ

Here there is something i think is the dream of every stoner... how to increase the potency of hemp... and the recipe is very simple:

"The potency of marijuana can be increased by about 50% simply by simmering a water slurry of the material for 2 hours. Add water as necessary to maintain the level. Cool and filter the mixture, and refrigerate the aqueous solution. Dry the leaf material at low heat. Drink the tea before smoking the marijuana. The effects are much more intense and last longer than those from the untreated leaves. The boiling water treatment isomerizes the inactive CBD, and decarboxylates THCA to THC."
(from http://www.rexresearch.com/hhusb/hh6thc.htm)

I did it, and worked *very* well... i didnt even drink the "tea", just smoked the treated leaves, and the effects were undoubtedly stonger... not just the strenght of the effect, but also the quality of the trip... there were less body effects (like sleepiness) and more mind effects, like thought associations, deep insights, etc...

Ive read somewhere that microwaving the j (or blunt ot whatever) for about 10 minutes have similar effects, but have not tried it yet... if someone try, let us know!

Unless you had the micro on a small power level wouldn't that fry the fuck out of the product and fuck with it?

i dont think so because what absorves the microwaves and turns them to heat are the water molecules. water boils at 100 C (212F), therefore in theory is impossible reach higher temperatures than it. even if it were possible, the THC boils at somewhat like 200 C, so there is no need to worry about it.
if you want be sure, microwave just a very small amount of weed... i assure you the weed will just become hot and dry, but no harm will be done to it.

Really, hmm... but how would that increase the potency? I'm not trying to question your knowledge or anything, just wanting to learn. :D

The heat decarboxylates the THCA (tetrahydrocanabinoic acid) and isomerizes the CBN/CBD (canabinol/canabidiol) to THC. The ideal temperature is somewhat like 105 C. It is why some people says the weed must be "activated" by heat to be effective. Simmering the weed in boiling water does it. And heating it by any another means too, more or less effectively. So, as microwaving the weed will heat it at +-100C, it must work (at least in theory)
And you are right in questioning, cause is the better way to learn :)

I doubt it... trying to release more THC or whatever BEFORE putting a freaking flame directly on it seems redundant.... I can see WHY you need to do that before you eat hash but not when you are using an open flame... Sorry, doesnt make sense to me :confused:

About the simmering water method, is there a way to do it for a shorter time?

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Originally Posted by Coelho

Ive read somewhere that microwaving the j (or blunt ot whatever) for about 10 minutes have similar effects, but have not tried it yet... if someone try, let us know!

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your gonna blow that shit up

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Originally Posted by someuser

I doubt it... trying to release more THC or whatever BEFORE putting a freaking flame directly on it seems redundant.... I can see WHY you need to do that before you eat hash but not when you are using an open flame... Sorry, doesnt make sense to me :confused:

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I think it works because this reaction takes some time (5-10 minutes at very least) to take place, and must happen at a not so high temperature (105 C ideally). When the weed is being smoked, the temperature is much greater than that, so the substances evaporate before have enough time to react.

Anyway, its works in the real word too, and not just in theory. Im very stoned just right now using hash oil treated with boiling water following this recipe. Yesterday ive smoked the untreated hash and become only sleepy. Today i did this and i assure im much more stoned and absolutely no sleepy.
I ve smoked about the same quantity, at the some conditions (time of day, hours since last session, etc).

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Originally Posted by invoke

About the simmering water method, is there a way to do it for a shorter time?

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i suppose if you could heat the weed at a temperature greater than 100C (boiling water) (but not much greater than 105 C that is the ideal) the reaction would be faster. But i would not know how much faster. i would sugest to try using a pressure cooker and boiling for somewhat like 20-40 minutes...



So, everybory... try... and then rethink about it ;)

putting a bowls worth in th micro for 10 mins starting now.