Hurts my head. So is this a new strain or what?
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No just a different active chemical⌠guessing youre talking more toward the âdispensariesâ that sell bud in places that arent legal?
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See the Chrystal you see on normal weed most for years have wrongly said is THC Chrystals in reality most of that is thca all cannabis makes it till itâs set on fire then it becomes THC itâs just the acidic non psychoactive form the stuff people sell as thca bud has just been cut early so the Delta 9 numbers are low but the thca content is high hence legal the UK made a similar mistake when we classed it as non psychoactive so it donât fit into our psychoactive substances bill nor the misuse of drugs act as a result I just wish they would get a grip and legalise weed
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Thanks thats what i thought. Yall heard of cult of franklin?
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thca changes to thc when undergoing decarboxylation via heating and/or burning.
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Left is delta-9 THC. Right is THCA. The functional group circled in red on the THCA is called a carboxylic acid/carboxyl group.
This is how the functional group is shown on its own, where âRâ stands for residue, and basically just means the rest of your organic (carbon-containing) molecule. When you decarboxylate cannabis, you are removing a carboxylic acid group.
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Nope whatâs this lol
In simple terms ,Thca is thc before heat is applied , thats why we decarb to make edibles to activate the thc. In legal sales thats not medical or recreational, your bud needs to be less than .3% so that you can ship where thca is legal. The .3% is not a lot so technically you need plants that dont produce alot of thc during flower such as the strain âfranklinâ but companies are faking COAs and doing certain things , like testing lower branchs, so that they can get away with sending normal flower .
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Ya, I buy thca sometimes and this is where I go and some other subreddits to see whats good because it looks like every THCA company always messes up
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Ya ive gotten really decent buds from thca companies, its a lot of hit or miss depending how much you pay. I get some very decent buds at 50 an oz also. Ive never paid over 120 but some people claim its gets alot better while others say its not worth the extra money.
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Thca is typically infused greenhouse hemp, if you order thca it typically has lab testing papers incase itâs opened. So many people grow these days i wouldnât consider buying unless itâs from a grower because itâs a cash grab. When you but from a respected grower you know the genetics are true and that itâs quality product not contaminated with 20ew,synthetic pgr, who the fucks knows what Chinese research chemical could be in it.
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Lit farms is in the thca business now instead of selling seeds
Kinda a bummer I liked LIT farms
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unless itâs a decarboxylated extract, isnât it all thca? So wotâs the diff between thca and thc? You buy a flower, and itâs say 20% thc, but what it doesnât say is that if you try to extract it, itâs really THCA until youâve decarbed it. Iâm sure thereâs some simple explanation for my teeny mind.
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Followup question
Potency.
So if you have 1g thca crystal thats pretty much same strength as 1g â9 concentrate?
Or i see flower labeled 30% thca, say u have 30% thca flower and 30 % â9 flower. Same potency?
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Thca seems to be how most stuff that wouldnât pass tests gets sold I would think cos I ainât seen any thca places offering those kinds of tests Iâve only seen cannabinoid contents being posted
The majority of labels on containers from dispensaries is manipulated from my understanding, they will do everything from putting Kief on the bud being tested, testing as if there was 0% moisture, exc⌠I have zero proof of this but have been told this by multiple people that have a more direct connection to this. And the THCa% would be THC once itâs heated.
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Itâs about 80 %conversion rate Iâve seen mentioned for thca to delta 9 however that could be bs and that was for concentrate as well so flower might be a bit less
Fake testing is a big thing, some places wonât carry under anything under â28%â
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All THC dominant cannabis has THCA to varying degrees as it is the precursor to delta-9 THC. If you look at dispensary flower labels, you will often see the majority of THC is THCA.
The reason it has blown up is the 2018 farm bill was created with wording that only prohibits delta-9 THC (due to lack of understanding on the part of lawmakers writing and voting for the farm bill). Since the bill only cites delta-9 as the illicit molecule, all cannabis that contains under .3% delta-9 is legal, regardless of how much THCA (the precursor to delta-9) is present in the product.
This distinction that only delta-9 is illegal created a grey area where it becomes too much of a burden for law enforcement to target THCA sellers as many of them are able to operate within the confines of the farm bill.
Since testing is the only way to differentiate these products, it creates a situation where law enforcement can create legal liabilities for themselves by attempting to prosecute business that are not breaking the law.
It is also worth noting there is a renewed attempt to pass another revision to the farm bill this year that would close this loophole and classify all forms of THC as federally illegal
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