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Resin potency flucuation?

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Wolfmans_BrothEr

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I've been trying to find the best way to word this so bare with me if it's a little confusing..

Does resin fluctuate in potency? Like if you smoke headies will resin build up faster than mid grade because it contains higher levels of thc? Or will either bud produce the same amount of resin but one will have higher potency than the other?

Personally I think all resin contains equal amounts of thc and the more thc is in each bowl the more resin it'll produce, but that's only based from buildup in my bowl and the fact I've never encountered resin that was worse/better than any other. I was curious if anyone had some facts to back any this up
 
OP, I'm going to change your thread title so people have a better idea what your question is about, you made a good attempt but please try to make a more specific title in the future :) Makes it easier to search for with the search engine.

I really don't know, nor do I have any sources to answer your question, so this can stay open with some resin lovers (do they exist?) opinions. Personally, I'm debating a couple resin hits tonight, and I cringe at the thought.
 
I assumed the answer was that resin, like THC content (as resin is simply what is used to make the hash, and hash quality certainly is not constant between strains) does vary from strain to strain (and even plant to plant). Before posting anything, however, I wanted to do a big of 'googling'. Check out page 20 of the book provided in the link. It's basic, but - a start ! ;)

http://books.google.com/books?id=x1UEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA16&ots=xW4xzn31zR&dq=marijuana%20resin%20strength%20vary%20in%20strength&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q&f=false
 
^im not talking about the resin from the plant itself, I'm talking about the resination from smoking. You know, all that black sticky stuff in your bowl.

I'm pretty sure hash varies in potency b.c of the different methods used to make it and how much of the product they put in it. Plus hash is made from trichomes (crystals) not the resin I'm talking about

purple_cloud said:
Personally, I'm debating a couple resin hits tonight, and I cringe at the thought.
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Y wud u cringe? Small amounts of resin get me a good high, plus it's awesome for when u can't cop. I take no shame in smoking resin
 
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^I agree - nothing wrong with it. I understand the cringe, though, anyway. I'd no doubt rather smoke some real 'dank' weed than resin - but who wouldn't? Smoking resin saves money, less 'waste' in terms of plant/product from plant (I like the idea of using ALL the plant - keeping cuttings for hash, etc.). What would you do with the resin otherwise? Toss it. Why not feel good for free? ('Free' in the sense that you although DID buy it, you would be throwing it away and just WANTING to feel good)
 
^ Yeah, the resin is a last ditch effort, but I feel pretty low when I do it. Useful for hits to help sleeping, I don't like staying awake after resin hits, gives me a headache. Tonight hasn't come to that though, just tossed in other drugs instead.
 
Yes resin potency can fluctuate.

I'd pass on even the best resin hit for green or kief any day, though. Honestly I wouldn't hit resin even if it was the last thing I had for weeks, stuff ain't good for you.
 
Chainer said:
Honestly I wouldn't hit resin even if it was the last thing I had for weeks, stuff ain't good for you.
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Really Chainer? You're a better person than I...I say that, but I've been reduced to taking resin hits more time than I'd like to admit to. It's shitty but good if you just need some weed in your system to sleep dreamless-ly...smoking resin and staying awake is a fucking nightmare.
 
Chainer said:
Yes resin potency can fluctuate.

I'd pass on even the best resin hit for green or kief any day, though. Honestly I wouldn't hit resin even if it was the last thing I had for weeks, stuff ain't good for you.
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Is it really worse for you than just smoking bud?
 
I've just been throwing mine away for years after I got really sick one time. Threw up and had a headache even the next day. This is going to sound sad but people have asked to buy that shit sometimes since I smoke a lot of raw weed without tobacco. I've refused every time, I'd feel I'm fucking their health.
 
I can imagine that it's not great for you to smoke. It's mostly tar, which you're heating up until it evaporates so that you can glean the relatively small amount of THC it still contains, at which point it presumably condenses inside your lungs. Of course this is pure speculation, I doubt that there's been much reputable research on the topic.
 
^^I don't think resin contains small amounts of thc. Ive gotten ripped from what was like 4-5 hits, and it's not like I have a low tolerance or anything
 
Yaa man the resin potentcy probably has something to do with the quality of herb your smokin out your peice. Ive noticed at the end of the month after smoking some dank there will be more, but reg has plenty of resin too, just have to take like 20 hits of that harsh, nasty shit.
Im no resin lover by anymeans but everybody goes broke sometimes right, and resin is for hard times like that, when ya need a little sleep or you cant eat or something.
Also it a lot less health than herb itself because its already been smoked, its just tar like whats in your lungs, and it has been turned into CARBON from the burning of the organic plant material.
If someone offered to buy my resin...i would sell it to them no questions asked , i guess its kinda similar to hash or something in a way lol
 
I do remember that the stuff that builds up inside the bong upwards from the water level is WAY stronger (I don't know if you can use the word 'cleaner' in this context) than anything in the bowl or tube. Sometimes it used to get me so wasted that the effect didn't really have anything to do with weed anymore. It takes a long time to build up and it's impossible to reach that spot in some bongs but just saying!
 
Oh gosh that's horrible. I wonder how well a quick wash with isopropyl alcohol and a run through a couple of lab filters would work.
 
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I scraped up a small golf ball of resin one time and my roommate put a chunk of it in the bong and took a rip and proceeded to throw up and shit his pants at the same time.

I do think resin fluctuates in potency, as I've never seen that happen, and I had been smoking like 7grams of hash out of that pipe the last couple weeks, so that's what it was composed of, and if it can make you shit your pants and throw up, well, enough said.
 
Someone with the chemistry skills and gear should really do an analysis on what that shit contains. Not that it would stop people from smoking it but it would be good to know, especially if you are exposed to some really bad stuff in the long term. I'm sure a good chemist could predict some of the chemicals that burning weed creates.
 
purple_cloud said:
Can you elaborate on this a bit, my dearest Chainer?
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I read an analysis that stated that pipe scrapings are a large combination of some cannabis pollen resin with a lot of partially burned combustion byproducts - tars and other carcinogens (carbons), essentially. Yes it gets you high, but that's because its a large concentration of leftovers that were not heated so much that all the THC, CBN/Ds were burned down. Smoke a large blunt and sometimes you will see tar build up on the end of the blunt - it's just runny, warm resin mixed with whatever wrap you use. Same theory, faster build up of carcinogens. Smoking resin also requires more heat - more heat means your body is less defensive to the smoke, which makes the lungs produce phelm.


purple_cloud said:
Really Chainer? You're a better person than I.
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Yeah, I've only hit resin 3 times, and I know it was 3 times because I remember vividly feeling like I just smoked a trash can. I do really well with almost all drugs and negative side effects, I'm lucky with the sleep/hunger/craving stuff.
 
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@CN: Well, they have (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water...), but the burning of cannabis is an incredibly complex set of reactions with all sorts of things like hormones and proteins and chlorophyll forming multiple products. I don't think anyone cares enough.
 
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