I<\/span> have a confession to make, and I know it\u2019s one that\u2019s going to cost me some support in the cannabis community, but I cannot in good conscience conceal such a central part of my identity any longer: I\u2019m Greg Zeman, and I\u2019m a straight-up rosin hater.<\/p>\n I can feel the collective snapping of a million hair straightening irons in anger at those words, and I totally understand. In the eyes of countless rosin tech devotees, I am a heretic rejecting the redeeming gospel of solventless dabs. It\u2019s true, it\u2019s simple and safe to make rosin because it doesn\u2019t require any solvents for extraction like other concentrates such as BHO require. This article isn\u2019t intended to stir up a BHO versus solventless debate, I\u2019m merely here to say that this year I want to understand both sides of the argument.<\/p>\n Full disclosure: I consider properly purged BHO to be a relatively safe (and exceptionally enjoyable) product, which is why I consume it regularly. I think when the potential risks of inhaling minuscule amounts of residual solvent are balanced against some of the physical limitations of \u201crosin tech\u201d when it comes to removing potentially harmful waxes and lipids and heightened risks associated with microbial contamination, the two final products are roughly equal in terms of potential for harm.<\/p>\n Ultimately, both count on a person who knows what they\u2019re doing to correctly process clean, quality material for a clean, quality final product, because none of this is magic \u2014 it\u2019s basic organic chemistry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n So to my mind, the decision to dab rosin, BHO or some other form of concentrate really comes down to personal preference. I mean, that\u2019s what my more or less rational mind says\u2026 but my heart? Well, that brings us back to my deep, gnawing personal issues with rosin. Not with all solventless extracts per se, because I love hash \u2014 the issue is just with rosin.<\/p>\n The truth is I\u2019ve had the opportunity to try some of the best rosin out there. I\u2019m not naming any names, because the point of this article is not to criticize people who make or enjoy rosin. Because they aren\u2019t the problem, I am. But I can almost guarantee you this; that name you\u2019re thinking of right now? That absolute top-shelf offering from the undisputed royalty of rosin tech? Whatever name that is, I\u2019ve probably dabbed that too.<\/p>\n And I\u2019m telling you, it was wasted on me. They rarely gave me the clean, concentrated burst of terpenes and cannabinoids I was looking for, and when they did, I found excuses to hate them too \u2014 because that\u2019s what rosin haters do.<\/p>\n One doesn\u2019t become a rosin hater overnight: Once upon a time I wrote glowing articles<\/a> about the potential of rosin tech. So at first I still didn\u2019t want to believe I was a rosin hater; not me, I\u2019m a tolerant guy \u2014 some of my best friends dab rosin!<\/em> I was hell bent on hiding from the hydrocarbon-rich darkness inside of me, but when I honestly searched my soul it hit me. I realized that anybody who responds to a hit of fire hash rosin by saying the hash was probably already good enough to dab needs to just be quiet and enjoy his dab. This is precisely what I resolve to do in 2018.<\/p>\n I certainly won\u2019t be giving up BHO, but I resolve to give the \u201crosin revolution\u201d another chance. That means revisiting some of the rosin I\u2019ve had already \u2014 this time with an open mind \u2014 and trying some things I\u2019ve been deliberately avoiding, but it also means breaking out the ceramic flat-iron and squishing some nugs.<\/p>\n And maybe it means liking fewer mean-spirited rosin hate memes on Instagram, but you know how resolutions go, so no promises whatsoever.<\/p>\n TELL US,<\/strong> what rosin should a self-proclaimed rosin hater try first?<\/p>\n The post New Year\u2019s Resolution: Give Rosin Another Chance<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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