Pubdate: Thu, 04 Feb 2016
Source: Westword (Denver, CO)
Column: Ask A Stoner
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Author: Herbert Fuego

DEAR STONER: IS NAMING PIPES WEIRD?

Dear Stoner: What is pipe resin made of? It's not what the 
dispensaries sell, is it?

Brick Dear Brick: Lord, no. The black, gooey stuff that's left in 
your pipe after smoking buds is basically tar, with some ash, carbon 
and a little THC mixed in. Igniting cannabis flower burns up most of 
the THC, but the tar left behind after the chemical reaction will 
still contain a small amount. It'll get you high if there's nothing 
else in the house to cheef on (we've all been there), but that might 
have as much to do with depriving your brain of oxygen as it does 
with cannabinoids. I wouldn't recommend smoking that stuff, but trust 
me: I have no right to judge.

Don't feel stupid for confusing pipe resin with live resin, 
especially if you're not a habitual pot smoker. That sticky poop in 
dirty pipes was called resin by everyone in high school long before 
most of us heard of the live resin that pot shops are selling now. 
Live resin is an expensive, potent concentrate made from marijuana 
plants that are cryogenically frozen right after they're harvested. 
Because of the freezing process, there are typically more terpenes 
and cannabinoids present in live resin than there are in butane or 
CO2- run concentrates, making it a much more favorable resin to smoke 
than our former example.

Dear Stoner: Is naming pipes weird? My brother made a bong out of a 
Coke bottle and calls it his Toke-a-Cola. He won't buy a glass piece, 
and I think it's just because he likes saying that stupid word all 
the time. Annoyed Sibling

Dear Annoyed: Your brother sounds like my kind of stoner. Although 
it's hard to endorse smoking out of plastic bongs when there are 
better options available (I've seen dozens of glass bongs shaped like 
Coke bottles and In-N-Out Burger cups), you've got to appreciate such 
a fine pothead pun. My former roommate in Phoenix bought himself a 
purple-and-orange glass pipe and called it Charles Sparkley, in honor 
of our favorite Phoenix Sun. There was nothing special about it, but 
I used it all the time just because. (And who wouldn't want to take a 
hit from Bong Miller on Super Bowl Sunday?) So, no, it's not weird to 
call yourself Fred Flintstoned after a few dab-a-doos of shatter and 
think it's hilarious. You might want to tell your brother to replace 
that Coke bottle frequently, though.
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