Pubdate: Thu, 04 Aug 2016
Source: Westword (Denver, CO)
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Author: Herbert Fuego

DEAR STONER: WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A BROKEN VAPE PEN?

Dear Stoner: I bought a disposable hash pen, and it broke. I took it 
back to the dispensary (they were great about it and gave me a new 
one), but the budtender said I could keep my old one and use the 
liquid for topicals. What did he mean by that? J Money

Dear Money: Let's hope that one day these hash pens reach a true 
level of consistency; I occasionally get one that leaks, too.

You have several options with a leaky pen. If you want to vape the 
oil, you can buy a pen battery and refillable cartridge at a vape 
shop and try to siphon the oil from your disposable pen into the 
empty cartridge. If the budtender suggested using the liquid as a 
topical, he probably meant that you could mix it with something to 
rub on your aching joints or muscles for pain relief. The topicals 
you see at dispensaries are all infused with cannabis oil, which is 
pretty much the same stuff in your pen (without the vaping liquid), 
but they come in the form of balms and lotions for easy application, 
as rubbing hash oil on your body can get messy. However, topicals 
infused with cannabis oils are high in CBD, not THC. CBD doesn't get 
you stoned; it's used for sleep aid, pain relief and inflammation. So 
unless you bought a high-CBD pen, rubbing concentrated THC on your 
skin probably won't do much more than make it glisten and smell like 
hash. Perfect hippie bait.

Dear Stoner: Where can I find some good ol' brick weed? Sometimes I 
just want a classic four-finger bag for $20 instead of a gram of 
something I can't pronounce.

Code Man

Dear Code: I can honestly say you're the first person who's ever 
broached that topic with me since I've lived in Colorado. Part of me 
wants to put you on a catapult and fling you off to the Midwest in 
exchange for a pothead who wouldn't take this dank state for granted, 
but I suppose that's like a beer snob scoffing at a Coors Banquet - 
and I hate that guy.

I haven't seen a dispensary offering swag (mids, reggie, etc.) since 
at least 2011, and even then, they were disguised in pre-rolls. Your 
best bet for anything close to a classic dub sack is either on the 
street or a trim special at a dispensary. It'll be leafier than swag, 
but probably just as potent, with similar quantity. And I can almost 
guarantee that you'll never have to worry about someone stealing your stash.
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