Cannabis Products for Medical Marijuana
Cannabis or marijuana, also known as ganja, is always misunderstood as a “bad-only” product. However, there are some medicinal benefits also in these products giving them the name of medical Marijuana. There will be several product types of consuming these products. Let us discuss some of these types in brief.
Cannabis Shake & Trim
Cannabis shake will be available in most weed dispensaries as the shredded parts of cannabis flowers. For instance, you can describe shakes as the leftovers of ordinary Marijuana products. Let us assume that the dispensary is storing different strains of Marijuana in different containers. Due to packaging and handling, some parts of these products will remain at the bottom of these containers. These dispensaries will collect such particles and offer them as shakes in powder form. Usually, the pricing of cannabis shakes will be cheap compared to the original product. However, you should ensure whether the product is the leftover of a fresh Marijuana product of high quality. Else, there will be no effect of consuming them. Shake will be suitable for those consumers who love to grind the flowers before consumption even if they get them as buds. You can try it if you wish.
Factors to beware of shakes:
- Shakes will usually be dry and you should check whether the dryness is because of the oldness of the product.
- The shakes will oxidize faster than buds or other forms of cannabis.
- Usually, shakes will be mixtures of consumable flower buds of the cannabis plants along with unwanted plant materials.
Flower
The major type of cannabis product is the flower where you will get the consumable part of the bud itself from the dispensary. Although there will be no innovation or alteration on these products, this category is remaining the preferred type among cannabis users around the world. The dispensary would have either grown the cannabis plants or brought them from a nearby farm. After cultivation of the flowers, only a few operations like drying and curing will be done on them. Afterward, the buds will be ready for purchase. You cannot eat the flower as it is. Instead, you can consume it through smoking. You may have heard that people are smoking weed. It is nothing but the action of smoking the cannabis flower through a pipe or in another way. Some common was of smoking are in the forms of rolls, pipes, bong rips, joints, and the likes.
Factors to beware of cannabis flowers:
- Since the usage of buds is widely popular, you will not find it tedious to get them from your dispensary. It will be available in almost all dispensaries.
- There will be a range of strains available as flowers to enjoy according to your requirements.
- You will not get shocked seeing the pricing of flowers as they will be highly affordable as no innovative processes are involved.
- You can get the medicinal benefits of the cannabis strain in higher amounts than you would get with other forms of the same strain.
- There will not be any delays for the strains to get activated inside your body as the smoking process will take the strain directly to your lungs and bloodstream.
- You cannot consume the flower as it is if you do not have a smoking apparatus.
- You could not maintain or monitor the dosage levels effectively with cannabis flowers. Extra care will be needed.
Concentrates
As the name suggests, these products will be the concentrate variety of the cannabis plants. Concentration is nothing but the removal of unwanted elements from the product and offering only those which will affect your body. For instance, you would require the constituent of the cannabinoid to fight some diseases and get other health benefits. Instead of consuming some other elements along with these cannabinoids, you can consume the cannabinoids alone. So, the impact will also be high. You will get the health benefits as well as psychoactive effects with a minor dosage itself. So, you should be careful with the dosages of cannabis concentrates. The primary way of consumption of concentrates is through vaping. Some will also use them to sprinkle on other cannabis products to increase their potency.
Factors to beware of concentrates:
- You can get the necessary benefits with lower dosages. So, there will be a reduced cost of consumption.
- You can feel the effects right after consumption without any delays.
- If you over consume, your body could not tolerate it at times. So, you should be strict with your dosages.
- A vaporizer is necessary for consumption.
Edibles
You can consider the consumption of cannabis edibles as cheating people in front of you as if you are eating something ordinary. The process will be similar to eating ordinary foods as these products are nothing but cannabis-infused food products. It can be cakes, popcorn, gummy, mints, and anything available as ordinary food. Sometimes, you can find cannabis-infused drinks also. However, these food and drink products will contain the necessary constituents of the parental strain chosen by you. So, you will still get the effects of the cannabis products without involving in smoking or vaping activities. There is no predefined way to consume them as everyone knows to consume an edible food item.
Factors to beware of edibles:
- You need not struggle if you do not like to smoke or vape.
- You need not have any smoking apparatus or vaping tools to consume the products. You can do so as if you eat chocolate.
- The dosage of edibles will be known to you and there are no chances for over consumption.
Tinctures
Cannabis tinctures are solutions where alcohol will act as a solvent for cannabis products. Mostly, the cannabis plants will be hemp with high medicinal values. The way of consumption can differ according to your wish. You can add these tinctures to your food or you can consume them orally.
Factors to beware of tinctures:
- You need not worry about dosage while using tinctures.
- If you mix it with food, there may be a delay in their effects.