The Science of Vaporizing

Vaporizing cannabis involves heating the plant material until the cannabinoid containing resin inside the trichome heads boils and sublimates into the air stream which is then inhaled and absorbed into the bloodstream through the lungs.

Links

• Trichomes 101 with pictures
• Cuticle Development on Glandular Trichomes of Cannabis sativa
• Beyond Marijuana: Endocannabinoids and Therapies
• terpenes vs cannabinoids. an experiment with temperatures
• wikipedia page on vaporizing

Studies

• http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/vaporizers.html
• http://www.maps.org/mmj/vaporizer.html
• http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/vaporizerstudy1.html
• http://www.canorml.org/healthfacts/vaporizerstudy2.html
• http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v06n3/06359mj1.html
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16637053&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum
• http://www.maps.org/mmj/Gieringer-vaporizer.pdf
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070515151145.htm
• http://tinyurl.com/vapereport (Pulmonary function in cannabis users: Support for a clinical trial of the vaporizer)

Images

Trichome development

before

after 1 run

grade A sativa

side profile

after one E bag @ 160C (fan speed =2). This was a random sample taken from near middle of bowl