Pubdate: Thu, 01 May 2014
Source: Westword (Denver, CO)
Copyright: 2014 Village Voice Media
Website: http://www.westword.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1616
Author: William Breathes

HOW DO VAPORIZERS AND VAPE PENS DIFFER?

Dear Stoner: If the three flowering plants (and the three soon-to-be
flowering plants) I have growing as a legal red-card holder yield a
very conservative ounce per, in a few months I'll have three to six
oh-zees, and the legal limit is two ounces. How do you handle a stock 
overrun?

Evil Willy

Dear Willy: Congratulations! You've discovered a weird legal gray
area! Your question actually requires multiple answers, so take a big
hit, hold it and bear with me.

You are correct that state medical marijuana law only allows you to
keep two ounces, and any excess is illegal. But also according to
state law, adults 21 and up can grow six plants (three in flower,
three not) for recreational use and are allowed to keep all that they
harvest, as long as that harvest remains at your house. If you go out
in public, you can only have an ounce on you under recreational
cannabis rules. But, again, you're a medical patient - so you can
technically possess up to two ounces in public. Aren't loopholes awesome?

That said, medical patients 21 and up who keep all they grow from
their six plants could still technically be violating state medical
marijuana rules - if some bureaucrat cared enough to take you to court
to set a precedent. So if you're under 21 and growing for yourself or
you're hyper-paranoid about the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment paying you a house call, you'd better keep it to two
ounces or less after harvest. Otherwise, you should be fine.

But you asked me how I would handle a "stock overrun," didn't you? I
would personally handle that by making hash. Lots and lots of hash.

Dear Stoner: I switched to using a vaporizer three years ago. I want
to change to a vape pen with oil/wax and wonder if it is the same
type of high as smoking it.

Commis

Dear Commis: The buzz with an e-cig-style vape pen that uses the
pre-made glycol/oil cartridges is similar to vaporizing bud in that
the buzz has a more mellow onset and doesn't put you over the top
with THC if you take it easy. It also doesn't ravage your lungs like
smoke does. The vape pens that "vape" the wax and shatter oils
directly on a hot coil tend to produce a thicker, more smoke-like
vapor. It's also a lot stronger, as you're smoking much higher
concentrates of THC in each hit.
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