"Ganja Butter" in San Bernardino, CaliforniaThe San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Scientific Investigations Division (California) recently received five mason jars, each containing a thick green liquid covering a layer of apparent minced plant material suspended in a brown liquid, alleged to be an intermediate preparation of “ganja butter” (marijuana extracted with butter; see Photo 1). The exhibits were seized from a refrigerator at a San Bernardino residence by agents from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit, pursuant to a search warrant. Each mason jar contained approximately 400 milliliters of material (combined green liquid and brown liquid), for a net total of approximately 2 liters. Analysis of the green liquid by Duquenois-Levine color test and TLC confirmed the presence of cannabinoids (not quantitated, but primarily THC with small amounts of cannabinol and cannabidiol). The suspect indicated that he was making the “ganja butter” for medicinal use, and that he had been told that ingesting the “butter” was healthier than smoking the marijuana. This is the first such submission to the laboratory.
Would the THC content from all of those jars even be enough to harm a person?
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