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Legal pot competes with dangerous hash-oil black market

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 08:45

Amy Zimmerman's left calf was covered in second-degree burns after a Memorial Day campfire accident. To help heal the burns, she applied a medicinal salve made with hash oil.

The results were better than she had expected.

"My doctor was impressed, saying, 'What did you use?'" She flashed her calf, its new skin pink and glistening. Just a little bit of oil goes a long way, she said, "but it's an extract from a plant. That's all it is."

Hash oil is an extract of the marijuana plant, and it's highly concentrated. Just like marijuana itself, hash oil can be smoked or ingested, or as Zimmerman's wound demonstrated, rubbed into the skin.

Aficionados say it is effective as a medicine and gives a quicker, more intense high, making it attractive as a recreational product.

While hash oil can be purchased at many medical-marijuana dispensaries, some people seek to produce it...

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http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/07/18/hash-oil-use-rises-safety-questions/30315841/

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