Colo. Marijuana Businesses Embrace New Drug at Center of DEA Crackdown in Calif

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While Drug Enforcement Administration agents in California are cracking down on the popular new drug known as “wax,” people in Colorado are rushing to embrace it.
Wax, the ultimate distillation of marijuana, is so potent that it is said a single hit will keep a person high for more than a day.
“There is no weed out there that possesses the punching power that the wax does,” an undercover DEA informant who asked to remain anonymous told ABC News’ “Nightline.” “And it’s like smoking 20 joints of the best grade of weed that you have into one hit of the wax.”
Making the drug is risky. Butane, a substance so flammable that any spark can set off an explosion, is used to strip out the THC, the chemical in marijuana that gets a person high. But law enforcement says the process of making wax is not the only thing dangerous about it.
“We have seen people have an onset of psychosis and even brain damage from that exposure to that high concentration of THC,” said Gary Hill, assistant special agent in charge at the DEA's San Diego office. “Our concern is that this is going to spread before we get it under control.”
But a thousand miles away, in Colorado, wax is legal. Anyone over 21 can walk into a recreational marijuana dispensary and buy it right off the shelf. There’s even a three-day contest, named the X-Cup (http://coloradoxcup.com/), held in broad daylight in Denver, to see who can make the most potent batch of the same drug upon which DEA agents are cracking down in California.
The contest also serves as a new kind of trade show for budding entrepreneurs trying to position themselves in the new legal wax marketplace, and they come from all walks of life. “Nightline” met some of the contestants in November at the first annual X-Cup hosted by Thurlow Weed.
“I don’t smoke like those guys in there either, to be honest with you,” Brodie Hill told “Nightline.”
Hill moved his whole family from Texas to Colorado to try to get into the wax business. His wife, Melissa Sled, uses the products her husband makes.
“It’s a mom-and-pop business,” Sled told “Nightline.”
Emily Rodriguez and Selena Salazar were the only two women to enter the X-Cup. The two hoped to make their mark on the wax industry by winning the competition.
“We do this outside because we don’t want it to explode,” Emily Rodriguez told “Nightline” while making a batch. “We don’t want to blow ourselves up.”
Jay Hood, who was the winner of best THC in the contest, recognized that wax can be dangerous.
“I’ve seen some guys pass out,” Hood told “Nightline.”
But, he added, “The American dream is definitely getting closer and closer. It’s the new gold rush.”
For now, in Colorado, the DEA has decided to allow state-regulated marijuana businesses to operate despite federal law, creating what is sure to be a huge tax windfall for the state.
“We catch ourselves in a rock and a hard place,” Gary Hill, the DEA agent, told “Nightline.” “We want to enforce federal laws, but we have times when state laws make it difficult for us to be able to enforce the federal laws, as well.”
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[Serpo]

Colorado is spelt different to California ..................obviously the DEA dont like Cal

[mick silver]

i have never heard of this stuff . they are calling it wax made out of pot

[Glass]

its not wax or if it is it shouldn't be smoked. If it's like a wax then it may not be any better than soapbar which is sold in Europe as hashish. Basically its full of crud that makes it not much better than crack cocaine is to real cocaine.
What they are trying to describe is a hashish. Traditionally hashish is made from hand rubbing but several things can be used to extract the THC including iso alcohol, that clear grain liquor you guys get in the US or using butane. These probably leave residues that may not be any good for you. You can even use very cold water and fine filters from what I read. My inner cynic says, I wonder if something is going on here. Another thing they do with the actual buds they sell is they spray them with tiny tiny glass crystals to make it look like it has much more resin on it so they can get primo prices for it.

[mick silver]

Wax, the ultimate distillation of marijuana, is so potent that it is said a single hit will keep a person high for more than a day.
“There is no weed out there that possesses the punching power that the wax does,” an undercover DEA informant who asked to remain anonymous told ABC News’ “Nightline.” “And it’s like smoking 20 joints of the best grade of weed that you have into one hit of the wax.”
Making the drug is risky. Butane, a substance so flammable that any spark can set off an explosion, is used to strip out the THC, the chemical in marijuana that gets a person high.

[osoab]

That is pure THC. The best hash you would ever try. My guess anyway. Never hear of the stuff before today.

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

I've never tried it but it's stupid to think you need to get this high.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgi9QtW4zuI

[Jewboo]

http://youtu.be/xgi9QtW4zuI



Our jew masters legalized this stuff so ALL us goyim can be like this dumb nigger...while their central banks rob us blind.


http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/images/smilies/smiley_flag.gif FREEDUM

[midnight rambler]

http://youtu.be/xgi9QtW4zuI



Our jew masters legalized this stuff so ALL us goyim can be like this dumb nigger...while their central banks rob us blind.


http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/images/smilies/smiley_flag.gif FREEDUM

So why did God include it in His creation?? Are you suggesting God was wrong by creating it for our use*?

*Jesus drank wine (and turned water into wine) therefore the message is moderation in all things is ok, abuse is not

[EE_]

This whole 'legalization' of pot in Colorado doesn't sit well with me.

It was sold as a victory for the people getting their right to smoke and buy pot.

I feel there is something much more sinister a foot here.
The state didn't legalizie it to give the people their rights...the state gave the people what the state wanted.

Pot should have only been decrimilized. People should not be clogging the courts and going to jail for possessing pot.

Just watch how the state creeps into people's lives over this "legalization".

[osoab]

I've never tried it but it's stupid to think you need to get this high.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgi9QtW4zuI

What a fucking idiot.