Extract

Cannabis extracts refer to any highly concentrated marijuana products obtained through separation of the sought-after aromatic trichome glands and their psychotropic oily resin from the unwanted fibrous plant material using various processes involving solvents, water, heat, pressure or combinations thereof. Manufacturing techniques include butane hash oil (BHO) extraction, CO2 extraction, steam distillation, ice water separation and heat or pressure-based methods to produce desirable concentrated oils, waxes, shatters, live resins and other forms of extract for inhalation, edibles or topicals.

The resulting purified, distilled or isolated cannabis essential oils allow patients and recreational users to consume a small amount of product containing levels of active cannabinoids like THC and CBD far exceeding typical flower potency and achieve similar psychoactive effects. However, isolated single extracts generally lack the holistic entourage effect benefits associated with well-formulated full-spectrum cannabis oils retaining a complete profile of terpenes, flavonoids and lesser cannabinoids that work synergistically.