Good afternoon!
I just wanted to make a post stressing the importance of having a little microscope when buying bud. I'm not talking a whole ass lab setup, more like a lil 20-40x amazon one that you can get for under 20 squid.
I've started noticing a lot of "cali lows" which are just sprayed hemp and there's always been dodgy UK here, there and everywhere. From lands end to John o groats, if there's a complete lack of regulation, there's probably a couple dodgy batches being passed around. I'd say that, compared to 10, even 5, years ago, we've made leaps and bounds in the weed game. This site alone is a huge example of that. ALSO I'm not saying all cali lows are bad, I'm just saying that I've sampled a couple bits recently and, having smoked a lot of cbd bud and grown and smoked a lot of thc bud, I'm very certain that the trichomes on both that I tried were those of CBD flower. Smaller trichome stalks and heads with a lot less of a "glimmering" quality, and sizeable globs of what looks like a clear/yellowy contaminant on the buds separate from the pesticides also present.
Please know what you're putting in your system! If you're shopping around a lot, have a look at different buds under a scope and get a feel for what THC should look like. Do the same with CBD flower if you happen to smoke that too. I'm not tryna make this post to scare anyone, because the chance is that the sprayed hemp isn't too bad for you. It's often just D8 or D9 distillate added. It's just very handy to have a little microscope to inspect what you're putting into your lungs and your brain.
Big love 💚
