gas chromatograph testing....

[MickeyBlue42]

I know this sounds a bit extreme....

But has any member ever bought one of these to test the THC % in their reefer??

I think it would be such a plan to establish a company/committee of some sort in Amsterdam which goes around and certifies a strains THC content, which the breeder could then use in selling the strain.

 

[Ohh.Word]

aren't they hundred of thousands of dollars?

On another cannabis forum there is a member who knows someone in some kind of laboratory setting and they have one of these machines... I think he's planning on taking in some of his BHO to be tested...


a simple Google search also reveals it doesn't look like the easiest thing in the world to operate http://www.shsu.edu/~chemistry/primers/gcms.html

 

[MickeyBlue42]

Maybe there is a simpler to operate machine that can measure THC?? anybody have any knowledge?

 

[Verite]

No sense reinventing the wheel.

This site is run by Dr Paul Hornby of Advanced Nutrients.
http://www.hedron.ca/hemp.html

Heres some others.
http://www.norwestlabs.com/index.shtml
http://www.rpc.ca/english/index.html
http://www.ca.sgs.com/

[Above info from an old Hemp Farming Commerce Report]
http://www.hempreport.com/issues/03/July99.html

 

[MickeyBlue42]

Ok... so why isnt there some sort of standard? like a certified % which must be clinically approved?

 

[Verite]

Um.. maybe the same reason theres no heroin purity clinic.

 

[Guest]

Why is everybody so concerned with THC % These days? Its not that important that one would buy serious equipment.

 

[MickeyBlue42]

But heroin is not legal in too many places now is it?? And there isnt exactly 100's of heroin variations available for sale which are sold world wide over the net?

 

[Guest]

Neither is ganja.

 

[MickeyBlue42]

really... I havent heard of medical heroin initiatives ... and heroin cups... and heroin fares in numerous countries now.

Why are you people so negative ? Why post here if you have nothing decent to say?

 

[Guest]

It is not being negative to say ganja ia not legal. And just because some states have medical laws it is still ILLEGAL in most of the world! Chill the fuck out bro.

 

[Guest]

All I came here to ask was why is the THC% so imporant to you? answer this please. There is no effecient way to test it for everyday people.

 

[MickeyBlue42]

I am cool as a cucumber....

It was just a thought or a suggestion. Obviously tolerance and respecting peoples opinion is still rare. If you see how my post started it was 100% positive and I was just wondering.

I never started the sarcasm and snide remarks which achieved what?

 

[Guest]

I am truly sorry. I will butt out of this thread mickey.

 

[MickeyBlue42]

well cool... I respect that as your answer. If I am asking I am trying to gain more knowledge thats all.

And I never said it was important to me , or the b all and end all. So I dont know why you are asking me as if I wrote this long winded post about how it should be enforced etc etc

 

[Ohh.Word]

me thinks your best bet is to acquire 'friends' within the scientific community; specifically someone with access to one of these machines..

 

[Verite]

When 99% of all the information surrounding THC percentages is nothing more than trumped up bullshit [ does anyone ever show one of these reports? Ive never seen one and you would think after all them #'s flying around you would see one or two.. no? ]

Besides that when you've smoked 1,000's of different kinds of weed over nearly 30 years you dont need some wonkalator telling you how strong it is.

 

[pineappaloupe]

gas chromatographs are awesome, but not as cool as mass spectroscopy. running an extract of bud would be awesome for a mass spec, you could find out everything that in there, including flavanoids, terpines, cbd...

one day i brought some BHO into the lab with me, but was unable to get the time to run over the the mass spec for some fun. i would imagine a GC, mass spec, or NMR is good for testing to potency of mushrooms.