Quote Originally Posted by ForgetClassC
Not true at all, the silica is so small is can attach itself to the tar/THC molecules, that's why it is such a serious thing, because its in the smoke, that gets into your lungs.
If it were in the form of silica dioxide, the molecules would certainly be much too heavy to be carried through smoke. Any plain silica molecules would be much too small to alter the weight of the bud; if they were going for a luminosity change, true silica wouldn't do a noticeable amount of damage to the lungs, and it wouldn't be very cost-effective on the dealer's part to spend the resources to do that it seems. Then again, many dealers aren't the smartest bunch.

The bud looks safe to me, but I don't have it under magnification, so I can't tell definitively.