Posts by Steve Gold
Why Brain Fog Can Return During ECS Recovery
When clarity doesn’t always hold Brain fog is one of the more disorienting features of early cannabis cessation. It tends to be constant at first: thinking feels slow, attention drifts, and mental effort produces less than it should. For most people, this fades over the first weeks of recovery as the nervous system begins to…
Read MoreTHCA Does Not Simply Dissolve in Carrier Oil
What appearance cannot prove When THCA-rich ice water hash is introduced into warmed carrier oil, stirred, blended, and later filtered, the preparation can look finished. The oil appears uniform. Visible material has been removed, and the liquid may appear as though the THCA-rich fraction has dissolved into the carrier. There is no obvious separation, no…
Read MoreHow Suppository Placement Changes Cannabinoid Exposure
Rectal delivery occupies a strange position in cannabinoid discussions. It is taken seriously enough to generate real interest, yet rarely examined with the precision the anatomy demands. Most accounts treat it as a variation on oral delivery: material placed inside the body, expected to move inward, assumed to be heading toward systemic circulation by a…
Read MoreThe Dose Form Was the Dose
Form was the measure. Modern dosing language begins with a number. A milligram count precedes every other consideration: how much, before the form, before the timing, before the question of what kind of encounter the preparation will produce. That sequencing feels inevitable now, but it is historically recent. For most of the period in which…
Read MoreHow THC Thinking Fails With THCA
What THC assumptions hide. Most people first encounter THCA through the lens of THC. That path makes sense. THCA is found in the same plant, discussed in the same conversations, and sold through many of the same channels. It can feel natural to think that understanding THC gives you a working foundation for THCA. This…
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