Intro to Butane Hash Oil



For the first episode of our show “Weediquette” we went to the 2013 Cannabis Cup in Denver, Colorado, to learn more about butane hash oil, aka BHO, butane …

42 responses to “Intro to Butane Hash Oil”

  1. “a BHO lab and a meth lab are exactly the same”

    No, they aren’t. Making meth(from ephedrine or pseudoephedrine) is a multi-step organic synthesis which uses reducing agents like liquid ammonia or phosphorus/iodine. Making meth requires using a variety of toxic solvents and corrosive chemicals, most of which end up poured down a drain or in a lake. Meth is extremely addictive and fuels a nation wide epidemic.

    BHO labs use extraction, which is normally much MUCH less hazardous than using chemicals to alter the molecular structure of a compound. BHO labs use a single chemical, which is butane. Butane evaporates rapidly and doesn’t pollute water and soil because it is volatile enough to disperse into the atmosphere almost instantly. The only real danger butane poses is its flammability, but even that small threat is avoided using common sense. You wouldn’t pour gasoline through a strainer over your stove top, and likewise if you didn’t want to explode you wouldn’t do the same with butane.

    Compare butane to the chemicals used to make meth. Phosphorus is horrifically toxic, and so are the petroleum-based solvents used to extract the meth from the post reaction mixture. Even if you do the birch reduction instead to make meth, then you are playing with metals that explode when they touch water and anhydrous ammonia which will burn your trachea so bad you won’t be able to breath!

    I am appalled by how ignorant the law enforcement officer on the phone is. He has NO CLUE how meth is made, and only looks at things based on their legal status.

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