I’ve often wondered what’s in those jars looking like weed here too as it’s not legal but as your shop that say it’s the real deal. It looks inviting tho.A public service announcemnt
I realize this is likely unnecessary for this crowd since most if not all here grow there own and therefore aren't as likely to buy weed in a store. Anyway what I want to talk about is a product on the shelves called "THC-A". You may have heard about products popping up as legal weed because instead of Delta-9 THC it contains Delta-8 THC. Besically Delta-8 THC products are derived from hemp so it closely resembles Cannabis but the active componant, Delta-8 THC is created by taking the oils an resins in the hemp and playing with it in a lab to convert it to Delta-8 THC which is close enough to Delta-9 THC that you will test positive for marijuana on a pee test. It also will give you a buzz but that buzz pales in comparisson to Delta-9 although it will give you a reasonable buzz especially if you are a person unable to get your hands on real Cannabis. Now I don't know if this is true n all states selling the Delta-8 THC products but over the past few months the products labeled as Delta-8 THC products have disappeared from the shelves, likely due to the fact thhat t falls well short of real Cannabis but they were charging like it was real Cannabis.
It appears that the Delta-8 THC products have been replaced by this new THC-A stuff. Now the only reason I'm writting about this is that while visiting a local "Head" shop I noticed this THC-A stuff and asked about it. I was told by the sales person that because my State went legal for recreation last summer they are now able to sell it in their store (even though every source I trust has told me that real Cannabis has been restricted to just a few state approved dispenseries). I resisted the sales person's asserions about this being real Cannabis by asking "isn't this really just that Delta-8 stuff made from hemp?" but she answered no and against insisted this was the real deal. So I decided to buy what is equivilent to an 8th to check it out. Now to be fair I did smoke some and it gave me an okay buzz and had a decent enough taste and smell but before I smoked any of it I pulled out a 30X loupe to read the tiny fine pront on the container and found out that just as I thought it actually was Delta-8 weed made from hemp. Which is the reason why this "head" shop s able to legally sell it because it's chenical make up is able to get passed the laws but still give you a mild buzz. So if you see something labeled as THC-A that you are able to legally buy in a non state approved store, it's just Delta-8 THC product that has been remarketed as THC-A. I'm not saying it's bad like that garbage sold a few years back as synthetic marijuana but it definitely is not real cannabis even if the clerk in the store insists that it is. Also while it will give you a decent enough buzz it will fall far short of what it should be if it was real cannabis