WHOOOOOO!!
Posted on 01/17/2015 3:22:44 PM PST by Zakeet
When Colorado legalized marijuana two years ago, nobody was quite ready for the problem of exploding houses.
But that is exactly what firefighters, courts and lawmakers across the state are confronting these days: amateur marijuana alchemists who are turning their kitchens and basements into “Breaking Bad”-style laboratories, using flammable chemicals to extract potent drops of a marijuana concentrate commonly called hash oil, and sometimes accidentally blowing up their homes and lighting themselves on fire in the process.
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May the good Lord take a likin’ to ya and blow you up real soon.
Wait a minute, dood! You mean you can use a turkey frier to make hash oil?
WHOOOOOO!!
LMAO!
WHY? WHY? WHY?
LOL
Me too.
Really cheered me up, it did.
Funniest headline in a while.
Recreational marijuana was not legal in Washington State in 2013. Stores didn't open until 6 months ago. Obviously, this was going on beforehand.
The other thing I don't understand is why go to this huge risk now that you can buy the concentrated stuff in the stores (usually in vape pens)?
Butane/propane.
The local recycle center frequently has dumpsters with lots of small probane bottles (1 #) and butane cylinders (unknown size; probably 6 Oz). It’s not uncommon for a house to nearly evaporate from the explosive power of these fuels going off. I think they heat the mix to drive off the excess solvent and ignore the issues.
Property owner in Jefferson. The last hope of CA.
Why not just use butane, ice and a series of filters?
mass-darwinism alert.
Join the Vegetable Defense League and sign our petition calling for outlawing Vegans and the increased consumption of herbivores (Chickens, Cows, & Pigs).
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
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Everyone MUST push their legislators to ban explosions. An explosion a week we must not seek. Stop the boom—keep away the tomb.
The real problem isn’t alcohol, it’s Butane. You can make hash oil 10x faster using Butane than alcohol. (don’t ask how I know this).
I image the problem occurs because of inadequate ventilation and/or when somebody decides to use a stove directly and not using a hot water bath like a careful person would.
When butane fumes build up, it can easily go off with a flick of a light switch.
Industrial production of hash oil uses a vacuum pot operating at normal temperature. Instead of raising the temperature and creating that danger, you lower the atmosphere and force the boil-off at lower temperatures. This also has the added safety of being able to pump the fumes out of the workshop.
In other words...
“Save a vegetable, plant a vegan.”?
I see s new t-shirt in my future.
Shortly after Colorado legalized it a few people did OD on the edible variety. A young man ate a whole tray of some kind of baked goods (a tray of about 12 with 1 piece being one dosage) and jumped out of a a window.
Probably because my hypothetical acquaintances never thought of it.
Does that mean I shouldn't keep that 5 gal gas can next to the water heater?
Wow. Who would've guessed? ;~))
Generally referred to as “former neighbors”.
Seriously? What percentage of pot smokers actually try this? And what percentage of those “blow up their houses”. I’m betting that it’s more likely, percentagewise, that houses are getting damaged by frying turkeys on Thanksgiving.
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