BHO Hash Oil Explosions
Dabbing is a popular method of consuming hash. A metal or glass compartment, called a nail, is attached to a specially designed bong, known as an oil rig. Typically, the nail is heated with a torch. A small amount of hash oil is placed on the nail, causing it to vaporize. The consumer then inhales the vapor through the pipe.
(Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian)
Hash, also known as hashish, concentrate, extract or oil: A concentrated form of marijuana that involves extracting tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, and other cannabinoids from the plant’s leaves and flowers. While dried marijuana flowers typically contain 10 to 25 percent THC, hash can have up to 80 percent THC, the psychoactive component that gives consumers a high. Depending on how often the person consumes it, a gram of hash can last a couple days to a couple weeks. Hash products can range from $15 per gram for bubble hash to $35 and up for BHO in Oregon dispensaries.
Dabbing: A popular method of consuming hash. A metal or glass compartment, called a nail, is attached to a specially designed bong, known as an oil rig. Typically, the nail is heated with a torch. A small amount of hash oil is placed on the nail, causing it to vaporize. The consumer then inhales the vapor through the pipe. Hash oil can also be consumed using a portable device called a hash pen or e-cigarettes rigged for hash oil.
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This glossary is part of The Oregonian’s series about the growing demand for butane hash oil and how that market is met by an unregulated and largely underground industry based in residential garages, basements and kitchens.Read the full report
Butane hash oil or BHO: The end product of a process that uses butane to extract THC and other cannabinoids from marijuana leaves and flowers. The process typically involves placing raw plant material into a tube, usually glass, stainless steel or PVC. The tube is open at one end and has some type of filter at the other. A solvent, typically butane, is then shot through the top of the tube and collected as it filters through the bottom. The result is a liquid that’s collected in a container. The butane is then removed from the mixture using heat and sometimes a vacuum pump or vacuum oven. The substance, usually golden amber, hardens into a thin layer that can be broken into pieces smaller than a pea, heated and consumed using a specially designed bong, a portable device called a hash pen or an e-cigarette that’s been outfitted for hash.
Shatter: Typically a clear, amber and hard form of hash oil.
Wax, also known as budder or crumble: Hash oil that’s cloudier in appearance and flaky in texture.
Bubble hash: Type of hash made by dunking marijuana flowers, or buds, and leaves into a cold water bath. Leaves and flowers are placed in a specially designed bag, called a “bubble bag.” The plant’s resin glands, known as crystals or trichomes, are filtered through a series of screens. The process, which emerged more than a decade ago, is far safer than using butane, but the result is a product lower in THC compared with BHO. One estimate put the THC concentrations in the 30 to 50 percent range, well below the 80 percent for BHO.
CO2 extraction: Hash oil that involves using carbon dioxide as a solvent to remove THC and other cannabinoids from the marijuana leaves and flowers. Though THC content for CO2 extracts varies, consumers say it typically ranges from 55 to 80 percent.
— Noelle Crombie
