Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid
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Sep 11, 2026
Michael SteinmetzGUEST
And maybe I have that virtue to now see it.
Michael SteinmetzGUEST
But I literally think that THCA is the salvation of our industry.
Michael SteinmetzGUEST
And it is the paradigm that all of us can get behind.
Michael SteinmetzGUEST
And what inspired FK Plus is this idea that hemp is federally legal.
Len MayHOST
The plant... lives with other plants and takes on characteristics of other plants.
Len MayHOST
And that's so botanical.
Len MayHOST
And, you know, so, and I love the idea of THCA and, you know, you get to decarboxylate yourself.
Len MayHOST
I don't need to go get it, you know, somebody to do it for me.
MargaretHOST
Decarb is step one.
MargaretHOST
Usually flour alone in an oven somewhere in the 240 to 245 degree Fahrenheit range converting THCA into THC.
MargaretHOST
That's where most of the numbers I gave you in segment one come from.
MargaretHOST
But then you infuse that decarbed flour into a fat, and that's a second heat exposure.
MargaretHOST
Just bear that in mind, because I wouldn't be surprised if that was actually the case.
MargaretHOST
Lower and slower still wins every time I've looked at the research.
MargaretHOST
Terpenes start volatizing at temperatures as low as room temperature for the most delicate ones, and most monoterpenes are gone well before you hit standard THCA decarb range.
MargaretHOST
If your recipe gives you a range, take the longer time at a lower temperature.
Anthony VarrellHOST
For the most part on the hemp industry, with beverages and gummies, you get what you're buying.
Anthony VarrellHOST
We've seen THCA flower shipped where the COAs are bad.
Anthony VarrellHOST
It's not everybody.
Anthony VarrellHOST
There's plenty of guys that do it the right way.
Anthony VarrellHOST
There are plenty of things that the state-run industry has stumbled on throughout the history of the industry.
Anthony VarrellHOST
But The regulations that are inherent in the state run side of this business make a lot more sense than the wild west that we've seen on the hemp side since 2018 with intoxicating products.
Anthony VarrellHOST
If it was full spectrum CBD products and low dose products on the hemp side and that genie never came out of the bottle where we got the chemical conversions, the crazy THCA flower, these exotic products, I don't think anybody would have a problem with it right now.
Anthony VarrellHOST
It probably would have been a good experiment, but we didn't.
Chad WestportGUEST
[laughs] Two, two, uh, 2018 Farm Bill changed the definition of hemp to basically things that were under 0.3% THC, and seeds do not contain any THC, but also the uncombusted flower really doesn't either.
Chad WestportGUEST
It contains THCA, which-
MackieHOST
Mm
Chad WestportGUEST
... that little A wasn't written in, so that's why this kind of loophole thing is closing.
23 MINS LATER
Chad WestportGUEST
Anyways, um, so while we did get a bump from November to December, the synthetic cannabinoids, things that cannot be naturally derived from the plant, that still goes into effect on November 12th.
Chad WestportGUEST
And I'm all for that.
Chad WestportGUEST
And, like, I'm all for closing the THCA loophole because it's, it is, it's BS, man.
Chad WestportGUEST
And this is why we can't have nice things.
Amy BrownHOST
No.
Scuba StevePANELIST
And June, and July 1st, they cut off THCA-
Bobby BonesHOST
But-
Scuba StevePANELIST
... and they were, they were, they were moving-
Jack GreenstockHOST
Well, the thing is, I think that it goes...
Jack GreenstockHOST
If I look at the chain, if I'm remembering correctly, I think it goes CBGA, CBG, THCA, THC, and then CBN.
Jack GreenstockHOST
Maybe there's a CBNA or something, and then CBN, whatever.
Jack GreenstockHOST
But...
Jack GreenstockHOST
That's kind of how it works on the chain.
Jack GreenstockHOST
So if at a certain point we're testing it for THC, maybe if we're using like high pressure gas chromatography or whatever, or gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, that's the one where they have to like burn it to test it.
Jack GreenstockHOST
And so when they burn it, that THC is converted or THCA is converted to THC.
Jack GreenstockHOST
So you get an overall THC percentage, but that plant in that two week window, there's some amount of it as THCA, but some amount of it is actually THC right on the plant.
Justin KanderGUEST
All the other cannabinoids are converted by enzymes and then the heat removes the A.
Justin KanderGUEST
So CBGA converts the THCA by an enzyme, then THCA converts the THC.
Justin KanderGUEST
by applying heat and the heat makes the acid go away and you have a neutral counterpart.
Justin KanderGUEST
So cannabis only makes acids.
Justin KanderGUEST
So the key thing, cannabis is a very unique plant compared to any other herb.
Justin KanderGUEST
So it may very well be the one where that's needed.
Justin KanderGUEST
But THCA doesn't activate the CB1 and CB2 receptors.
Justin KanderGUEST
So if you don't decarboxylate it, then you have THCA... which has many medical benefits and may be stronger than THC.
DudeHOST
I believe it was just oversight, like just like when the 2018 foreign bill was allowed as oversight.
DudeHOST
They didn't know what they were doing by allowing THCA.
DudeHOST
Right.
DudeHOST
I don't know who else you would really.
DudeHOST
THCA
Scotty RealHOST
is the most original thing I've ever heard.
Scotty RealHOST
It's saying, no, this isn't THC because it's not burnt yet.
Scotty RealHOST
Sorry.
Big VitoGUEST
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Big VitoGUEST
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Big VitoGUEST
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Big VitoGUEST
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Russell DowdenHOST
There was another case.
Russell DowdenHOST
I thought it was h- I heard, I could've, I could be misspeaking when I heard that there was another case being fi- But the, the guys from the THCA lawsuit, uh, and that organization are s- supposed to be on our show next week, and their case may be being heard soon.
Rachel NelsonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Russell DowdenHOST
And, uh, I was hoping that their case would be heard before they come on our show next week.
21 MINS LATER
Rachel NelsonHOST
He deserves it.
Rachel NelsonHOST
[laughs]
Russell DowdenHOST
Eric w- Eric was the only flower company during the whole shutdown of THCA flower that submitted a flower for our judges.
Russell DowdenHOST
So y'all got-
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