I agree, and I think that reasoning is sound.

I think a further reason that you don't see clear/pure THC oil, is that pure THC will yield a high that is not necessarily as enjoyable as the high you get with the intoxication of the other cannabinoids - there are other psychoactive cannabinoids.

People who take Marinol pills, which are purified THC and sesame oil, describe the experience as taking a long time to set on (maybe the result of gastric administration ) and the high being so intense it was scary and unenjoyable. If that weren't the case, the continued press for the legalization, besides access and cost issues, wouldn't continue. My dad had cancer and was prescribed Marinol for nausea, but bought some bud and smoked it instead because he said he didn't like the effect of the pure-Marinol THC.

Also I think maybe it's a psychological thing. Kind of like at a secret santa people like to get the biggest box. When you buy bud and get a big hefty smelly bag of green I think there's some kind of gratification in that, which doesn't come with buying a little vile of clear liquid. There are other benefits also- buying something straight off of a plant it's easy to tell that it's not laced with something, you can see what you're getting. I guess with other, hard drugs, you just hope what you bought doesn't kill you. You'd be creating that situation with marijuana if they sold it in clear oil form.

That said, I think with just a hot plate, beaker, Büchner funnel flask, charcoal, chloroform, and Graham condenser (for refluxing), you could make some extremely clean, potent honey oil (especially if you started with a strain like Cinderella 99) and those things combined don't cost that much, maybe $150-200 used. The Soxhlet and rotovap would be nice but not really necessary, and too expensive to buy per the advantage if you don't already have access to that stuff. The column chromatography is chiefly for separating the THC from the other cannabinoids- so if you're looking for a more potent version of the high you normally get from smoking you wouldn't want that anyway.
vostro Reviewed by vostro on . Column chromatography for honey oil Does anyone have experience using column chromatography for the isolation of cannabinoids (mainly THC) in honey oil? I've researched high and low and have only been able to find mentions but nothing helpful for someone figuring it out. My basic idea was to run ground bud through a Soxhlet with hexane, purify through silica gel column chromatography and remove the hexane with a rotary evaporator. If I've understood correctly, this should yield highly potent, extremely pure honey oil. I'm not Rating: 5