Quote Originally Posted by 2600HERTZ
You aren't releasing anything. You are converting a non psychoactive chemical to a psychoactive one, CBD to THC. So you get more THC. As marijuana has more than one type of cannaboid but only one is active in us. By doing the conversion you turn those inactive cannaboids into active ones thereby increasing the potency. I tried explaining this to a friend and he didn't believe, he is missing out.
CBD doesn't convert to THC. I think you made a typo, it's THCA to THC. But yes, you're right.