Hello to all, I am a newbie on here. Long time advocate but now am faced with some rheumatic issues that I'm trying to deal with. I was wondering If I could get some help. I recently made my first batch of oil. I was reluctant to use any solvents just in case I didn't do something right. I decided to use Everclear 151. I figured even if it has got to be awful tasting and awful for you, at least it was made for consumption? Anyway, I put about 2 gallon freezer bags of trim and popcorn from a recent grow of purple elephant and another heavy indica dominant strain. I let it soak in the everclear for weeks, shaking periodically. I strained the liquid, squeezing all I could through cheesecloth as well as through a coffee filter into a pyrex dish that I sat on top of an Oster flameless burner. It took a long time to evaporate. Eventually everthing appeared to bubble off. It actually even seemed to get a little hot being on low once most of the alcohol evaporated but I quickly removed it. I poured it into some containers. I was concerned about sucking it up into the plastic syringes because of the oil being warm and the plastic syringes, maybe it was cause toxins from the plastic to leech into the oil? Maybe I'm worried about nothing? I also didn't add any hemp seed oil or thin it so my oil has become fairly thick as it has cooled. I was just wondering if someone would comment on if everything sounds ok? Since I didn't think it, I thought maybe it would just be potent and would have to start with very very tiny (grain of rice) doses. Any suggestions/comments would be appreciated. Thank you and good health to all!