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Comment on Blog Comment Regarding Making a TIncture by Allan I Frankel, MD http://greenbridgemed.com

Allan I Frankel, MD http://greenbridgemed.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:20:58 +0000

Regardless of how you extract the medicine from the plant material, the cannabinoids MUST be decarboxylated or “activated” in order to be psychoactive. Heat over time is the only way to do this.

It is possible that if you make a sun tincture, that the weeks in the warm sun will be at least partially effective. The ONLY way to really know how effective your method is, is to get the extracted tincture to a cannabis lab, such as the WercShop in Pasadena.

Good luck,

Allan I Frankel, MD

Comment on Blog Comment Regarding Making a TIncture by Preston

Preston — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:28:53 +0000

When do I do this if I’m using the cold extraction method?

Comment on Marijuana Tincture Recipe, How to Make Cannabis Tincture by Allan I Frankel, MD http://greenbridgemed.com

Allan I Frankel, MD http://greenbridgemed.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:05:11 +0000

To increase the chance of your staying out of the next chapter of “Darwin Awards”, I would NOT place alcohol and fire near one another. :)

Instead, just pour the tincture into a wide bowl and just let it sit and the alcohol will evaporate quickly enough. Also, this gives you a chance to observe and report back:
1. Measure initial volume
2. Every 12 hours, at least for a few times, re-check the volume and see what progress you are making
3. As the tincture becomes stronger and stronger, you can test it yourself, get it to a lab or keep going further in dehydration
4. I THINK you will have to add some glycerine or Agave nectar to re-hydrate a bit.

Let me know how it goes!

Comment on Marijuana Tincture Recipe, How to Make Cannabis Tincture by Jane

Jane — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:35:46 +0000

Hi and thank you for this site. When a tincture (made the old fashioned way) is done, can I burn off some of the alcohol using a double boiler before storing? Will this compromise the effectiveness and shelf life? My double boiler is a ceramic bowl in a pot of boiling water. Sorry if this is a repeat question…Thanks again!

Comment on Certified Cannabis Tinctures by Allan I Frankel, MD http://greenbridgemed.com

Allan I Frankel, MD http://greenbridgemed.com — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:46:34 +0000

Thanks for the inquiry, which we receive all the time. Just for the record, they are not “my” tinctures. To remain compliant with state laws, all cannabis medication must be handled at all stages by a collective. SWC or StateWideCollective, is the collective that creates the tincture for it’s members from their own grown cannabis and as it is a very efficient process, there is at times extra that can be shared with another collective, as long as that collective has a manager level person who also belongs to SWC.

If you sign up with SWC at http://statewidecollective.org, they will be able to process you as a new member and will email you information as to how to obtain any of their dosable cannabis medications.

Also, if you go to http://projectcbd.org, there are several LA based locations that do carry the medications.