Marijuana is expensive, that’s just a fact. So, it’s important to get the most out of your money especially when it comes to weed.
Once you have smoked all the buds and you are down to just the stems don’t you ever wonder if there is any THC left in the stems? I know I sure have. Technically you can smoke marijuana stems but it really isn’t the best decision as it won’t really make you feel any different or help you get much higher and the taste of smoking stems is not the same as smoking flowers, and it may result in a headache. The short answer is yes stems do have some THC in them but it is a lot less than your typical cannabis buds. A LOT.
There are ways to extract the THC from the stems allowing you to maximize the use of what’s left of your marijuana.
Making tea is one idea. That’s right you can make THC tea for instance.
You can try this simple recipe:
Ingredients:
1/4 to 1/2 cup stems (either ground or broken up, brewer’s choice)
3 cups water
Tea bag of choice
Coffee filters
2 to 3 teaspoons a favorite alcohol
If you want to say away from alcohol, try ½ cup of milk (Almond, soy, dairy or coconut) or half teaspoon of butter or coconut oil. Remember that in order to successfully extract the THC it will be important to decarboxylate the cannabis.
First fill a tea kettle with water. Then, add the milk, butter or oil, (if using alcohol, wait until after the water is boiling and off of the burner to incorporate into the water).
Add broken down stems to boiling water and stir for ten minutes, infusing the liquid. If you use ground stems, consider using a reusable tea bag to make the straining process easier. If not, you can place a coffee filter over the kettle’s spout when pouring.
Pretty easy right? Oh and in case you forget any of this… all of this info can be found on TNMNews.com at https://tnmnews.com/us-marijuana-news/featured-news/how-to-get-high-from-leftover-marijuana-stems/
You can also infuse your alcoholic beverage.
There are several different types of marijuana beers and wines on the market you can try out in the world, but this a project you can do yourself. You can also infuse them with alcohol because alcohol helps extract the THC into the liquid.
Alternatively, if you want the cheater’s method and you have the time, take a bottle of strong clear alcohol, like everclear or vodka. For every ounce of liquid, grind up 1.5g of stems. Let the bottle sit in a dark room for three weeks, occasionally shaking to stir up the contents. At the end of 3 weeks, you should be ready to drink.
This isn’t going to taste that great so consider taking 1/4 or 1/2 shots of the finished product at a time to see how it will affect you. Also try blending it with your favorite mixer, like Bloody Mary mix.
Bubble Hash
All stoners wonder at some point if there is THC in marijuana stems and making bubble hash will help answer that question for you, yes there is THC in marijuana stems.
Start by gathering broken down stems or putting them into a blender (amount is to preference, just remember it should be almost double what it would be with just flowers). Put them into a mason jar with 90% isopropyl alcohol. Shake the closed jar for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Strain with a coffee filter into a pyrex glass container, like a brownie or casserole dish. Adjust a fan to blow onto the mixture and wait until all the liquid evaporates.
This waiting period could last over 3 hours, but it may be best to wait a full 24 before indulging in the product. Once the waiting process is done, simply scrape and smoke. Stem Hash!! Pretty cool huh?
Baking Marijuana Stems
You can use marijuana stems to make canna-butter or cann-aoil. Simply adjust your recipe by increasing the amount of stems instead of the ground marijuana. Obviously when using stems that have a lot less THC than marijuana buds you will have to use more stems to get the same result. Also, the stems will have a more woody taste instead of a typical flower taste.
Now knowing that marijuana stems do indeed have THC in them it may be hard to use them for something other than getting high but either way you get the most out of your marijuana purchase.
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