THIS IS ALL MY OPINION BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, NOT SCIENTIFIC FACT! THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE!
Structure of D9 THCa
Note: This is based on raw THCa
D9 THCa
Delta 9 Tetrahydrocannabinolic Acid
(D9 THC Acid)
Effects (Community)
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Effects (For me)
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Mild Couch Lock
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Light-Mild Body Load
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Slight Stimulation
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Euphoric
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"Head on a string" Feeling
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Hunger
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Tingles
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Sedation
Average High Length
Vaped
Come-up: 1-20 Minutes
Peak: 60-120 Minutes Hours
Comedown: 30 Minutes - 1 Hour
Afterglow: 2-4 Hours
Eaten (NON-PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECTS ONLY)
Come-up: 30-90 Minutes
Peak: 2-6 Hours
Comedown: 1-2 Hours
Afterglow: 2-12 Hours
Dosage Sizes Dosage Sizes (No-Mid Tolerance)
Vaped
Threshold: 5-10mg
Low dose: 10-30mg
Avg dose: 30-60mg
Strong dose: 60mg+
Eaten (NON-PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECTS ONLY)
Threshold: 2-5mg
Low dose: 5-15mg
Avg dose: 15-35mg
Strong dose: 35mg+
Dosage Sizes
(Mid-High Tolerance)
Vaped
Threshold: 10-20mg
Low dose: 20-50mg
Avg dose: 50-200mg
Strong dose: 200mg+
Eaten (NON-PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECTS ONLY)
Threshold: 10-20mg
Low dose: 20-40mg
Avg dose: 40-125mg
Strong dose: 125mg+
Best known for:
Being the main cannabinoid in weed.
Viscosity
THCa is Crystalline. It will often come in a powder or in large chunks, often called diamonds.
My Opinion
THCa when vaped on its own is, in my opinion, not as full-bodied of a high as D9 Distillate. It's a lot of fun as it turns into D9 THC when heated. It tends to feel a bit stimulating in comparison as well. The main thing I like THCa for is the looks and the consistency.
Dispensaries very often overhype and overprice THCa diamonds. In my opinion, if you have a choice between diamonds in sauce and some good badder, go for the badder.
Other notes:
A perfect THCa conversion will yeild 87.777% D9 THC.
It’s really strange.
I thought that by havin’ access to THCa, I’d be getting around the law and thus gaining access to THC through a gray area, or rather, a legal loophole, but even if I decarboxylate it properly beforehand, it’ll catch me less off guard, I still won’t know in advance how it’ll affect me!!
I think tolerance plays a HUGE role ‘cause by “forcing” the process, that is, by heatin’ the THCa in the oven and then mixing it into high-quality CBD flower with good terpenes (but low CBD % for avoid spoiling the other cannabinoids) and u can get a product close to the original weed.
But you have to be careful ‘cause decarboxylated THCa is more sensitive to:
light
humidity
heat
etc…
So you have to consume the product quickly; otherwise, it degrades, especially in bud form, and loses potency.
But as someone who HATES anythin’ even remotely resembling the effects of a sativa or even a sativa-leaning hybrid, even though findin’ pure indica today is complicated, it’s still possible to create them, well, with THCa, you don’t get that very pleasant body-high that’s great for sleepin’ and doesn’t mess with ur head, I feel like it’s THCv… I overthink so much like ADHD symptoms, and I even get green-out with so much anxiety at times that I have to relax with an bzd pill…
But after a few days, my body got used to it, and now I can control it, though I don’t rlly enjoy sessions with THCa.
I’d much rather have HHC paired with CBN for a massive couch-lock :D
N.B: The only tip I can share with u bc it’s rlly useful is to decarboxylate the THCa BEFORE consumption so u don’t do it while consuming it, cause, as Turkey pointed out, it adds a rlly strange effect that I personally find so unpleasant that it actually reminded me of the effects of synthetic cannabinoids (K2, spice…) that cause panic, but here, the fact that these are semi-synthetic cannabinoids DERIVED from THC means u won’t panic, but the effects are really unpleasant at first!
Once you get used to it, though, and you know your limits and dosage, it just feels like regular weed😉
As for dosages, I recommend decarboxylating it and startin’ very slowly, for example, with a little powder of THCa diamond converted to THC, and then increasing from there.
But be careful, cause it’s easy to freak-out!!! (On the other hand, it sends you to Saturn, that’s for sure but very enjoyably😅)
DECARBOXYLATE: https://thisthatcbd.com/blogs/hemp-education/decarb-thca-without-losing-terpenes