{"id":23900,"date":"2016-09-30T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/cannabis-concentrates-dabs-women\/"},"modified":"2016-09-30T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:00:00","slug":"cannabis-concentrates-dabs-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/cannabis-concentrates-dabs-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Are More Women Getting Into Dabs and Other Concentrates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gone are the days when people could light up some flower and call it a night. Where regular THC consumption is the “beer” of the weed world, <\/span>dabbing BHO<\/a> (butane hash oil) and its many forms<\/a> is the weed world’s vodka. Purer, non-carcinogenic, and therapeutic, the shatters, waxes, and rosins are one of the most popular items at dispensaries today. But dabbing also has its flaws. Not only did a dab lab cause a dangerous explosion in Brooklyn last year<\/a>, this method of consumption is also gear-heavy—you need a minimum of five gadgets<\/a> to smoke it—and one trip to a head shop can feel like stocking an armory.<\/p>\n

“It needs a bit of a marketing overhaul,” <\/span>says Women Grow founder Jane West<\/a>. “There’s a torch, shatter, nails, rigs. It sounds like S&M.” But, as Jane and her interviewer, Charlo Greene agree, dabbing is one of the biggest trends hitting female stoners in 2016.<\/p>\n

Let actress and comedian Laurie Magers explain: “I like dabbing because you only have to do one hit to get very high. The potency is so much higher than any other form of smoking, and you feel the effects almost instantaneously.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Magers has a great point. Dabs are <\/span>four times as strong<\/a> as a joint, and many companies use painstaking purification processes to ensure that pesticides and other unwanted solvents are removed, leaving a clean product that is safe to ingest. According to Bob Melamede, Ph.D.<\/a>, an associate professor of biology at the University of Colorado, “We’ve got indications that there are differences in the effects, pain relief properties, and potentially other important phenomena.”<\/p>\n

There is also something ritualistic about the equipment involved, which appeals to many women. The commitment to setting up a rig, the intention-driven process, the luxury branding, and the stronger high make dabbing an act of social consumption, just as much as it is done in private.<\/span><\/p>\n

And it’s not just young women. Take Instagram sensation @Dabbing_Granny. Her inspirational stories and dab informational videos have garnered her 189K followers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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GOOD MORNING let's wake n bake and dab until we smile all day<\/a><\/p>\n

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