This is a problem because addicts will do whatever it takes to get high even if that means endangering both their lives and the lives of those around them.Īs with any new drug on the scene, Shatter is quickly gaining popularity, especially in states where marijuana has been legalized. When compounded by a personality with a propensity for addiction, it becomes doubly-so. Regardless of the hyperbole, Marijuana is addictive.
Add into the equation the fact that, with unregulated production, Shatter also often ends up containing harmful trace chemicals from the process, it becomes easy to see how one would wind up using a drug that is more toxic than its plant-based counterpart.īut, it’s just pot, seems to be the rationale that has users smoking Shatter and then driving, even though users notoriously pass out or slip into drug-induced-psychosis shortly after partaking of the drug itself. But careless home production efforts often lead to violent explosions, fires and fatalities which negate any potential positive benefits that can come from having a more concentrated dose of THC.įrankly put, when you weigh-out the potential for loss of life, it is easy to see why Shatter production is still mostly illegal even where medical marijuana is legalized. These chemical compounds are secreted by cannabis plants and interact with receptors in the brain to relieve pain while causing a sense of euphoria and relaxation. In order to create Shatter, butane is used to extract cannabinoids and terpenes from cannabis plant matter yielding an extremely potent type of cannabis concentrate, known as Butane Hash Oil (hence the nickname BHO). Men and women who use Shatter get higher faster, but the effects – which range from intoxicating to intense – often include bouts of overwhelming paranoia, anxiety and even psychosis. Shatter contains the same psychoactive properties of marijuana in the form of THC, but is much more potent than marijuana in its traditional form, containing upwards of 60-80% THC (held up against the usual 20% found in everyday marijuana). At its base level, Shatter is concentrated marijuana that is extracted through an extremely volatile chemical process. The latest addition to this race is the marijuana derivative called SHATTER.Īlso called Butane Hash Oil (BHO), Shatter has a number of street names, including Honey Oil, Wax, Sap, and Budder, Shatter is still a relatively new marijuana concentrate that garnered its nicknames due to its brittle texture and color (although some call it Dabs because the drug is used by taking a small amount of the extract and “dabbing” it onto a heated surface and then inhaling the smoke.Įven more alarming than Shatter’s highly addictive properties, however, is the manufacturing process, in which a natural plant is mixed with a chemical which, in turn, can often yield literally explosive results. This has not been the case with recreational drugs with these, there has been a “fast track” to find new ways to create, distill and distribute highly addictive drugs for profit and gain. They were then able to use the substances that had beneficial effects to achieve desired results, and they passed their knowledge of these drugs from generation to generation. As early humans tried different plant, animal, and mineral substances, they realized that some substances produced special medicinal effects. The first drugs were likely discovered through accident and observation.
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