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THC SYRUP EXPLAINED: WHAT IS THC LEAN & HOW TO MAKE IT
Learn about this delicious and discreet form of cannabis consumption and how you can produce it on your own
THC Syrup Explained: What Is THC Lean & How to Make It
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There’s hardly been a more exciting time for a weed consumer than the legal cannabis environment of today. Among many new wickedly creative products that are seemingly churned out on a daily basis, THC syrup stands out as a novel and rare drinkable form.
Cannabis-infused syrups, which you can add to drinks and food or swallow neat, are sometimes confused with notorious and dangerous cough syrups called lean but are nothing like them. They are more like marijuana edibles and create a long-lasting full-body high without the drawbacks of smoking. Just bear in mind a few precautions that you should take while making and using them.
WHAT IS THC SYRUP?
If you know the meaning of both words separately, you can imagine what they mean together. THC syrup is a thick sweet liquid that is infused with cannabis oil or some kind of concentrate like shatter, distillate, rosin, etc. When you ingest it, you get roughly the same high as from any other marijuana product, especially edibles.
WHAT CAN YOU USE IT FOR?
Like any other form of marijuana, THC syrup can be either medicine or a recreational drug that people ingest to have a good time.
The non-smokable method of consumption makes it a much healthier alternative to bongs and joints. Some medical patients, especially older ones, find the idea of smoking as a form of treatment unacceptable. Indeed, the smoke can irritate and harm your airways, and decades of heavy use may lead to chronic bronchitis. Oral use of marijuana, on the other hand, doesn’t have these drawbacks.
Also, some patients may feel so ill that they cannot swallow one morsel of food. For them, edibles are no-go while drinking the medicine is much easier.
WHO IS USING IT AND WHY?
Of course, cannabis syrup is not only for those with medical conditions. It has a growing fan base among recreational users too. There are dozens of situations when you want to get high but smoking is not allowed. So you can enjoy your vice in a perfectly discreet manner.
Granted, you can use THC gummies or any other forms of edibles, but they have one big disadvantage compared with syrup — they take forever to kick in. Usually, you’ll have to wait more than an hour, sometimes two. But pour some syrup into your drink, gulp it, and you’ll feel the effect much faster, probably in half an hour or so.
Drinks with cannabis not only act faster but can be also very stylish.
However, it’s not only a matter of convenience but of lifestyle as well. There’s something wickedly irresistible about the familiar image of some rapper or club-goer adding something from a small bottle into his styrofoam cup drink and then slumping at a bar totally wasted.
That’s how cough syrup, or lean, was abused at clubs for more than half a century now. Some manufacturers of marijuana syrups steer clear of such associations, others actively use this imagery in their marketing campaigns.
HOW TO USE THC SYRUP?
We can’t know for sure, but this form of consumption was probably inspired by cough syrup, so the most natural way to use it is to add it to some kind of soft drink like Sprite. Pour, stir, and you’re ready to go.
The one thing we don’t recommend is to mix it with alcohol. Experienced smokers know how dangerous it is to chase weed with booze. It can make you nauseated and disoriented and turn the party into a disaster. Even more dangerous is to add THC to the real cough syrup, although some thrill-seekers do that too. This is the kind of fun that can prove fatal.
If you’re at home, you can also take it like medicine — with a teaspoon. It’s not even necessary to down the syrup at once. You can hold it in your mouth or, even better, under the tongue for a couple of minutes. You’ll feel a light buzz almost instantly because there are lots of blood vessels under your tongue and they absorb some of the THC. Then the buzz will vanish or subside and come back with a vengeance in about half an hour.
The effect doesn’t peak at once but takes some time to build up. This means that you should never be in a hurry to take some more. If you’re new to this, better wait two hours after the first dose. And like with all edibles, the effect lasts much longer than when you smoke your weed. |