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All you need to know about THCA’s benefits and potential risks
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THCA is a chemical compound in cannabis that doesn’t actually get you high. It can eventually get you high, though, if you apply 200 to 290 °F (93 to 143 °C) worth of heat to it. We’ll teach you everything you need to know about THCA, so you can decide if it’s a good fit for your medicinal or recreational cannabis line-up.
Does THCA produce a high?
No, THCA does not produce a high on its own like THC (the psychoactive compound in marijuana) does. To get high from THCA, you’d need to heat it up in some way (like vaping or smoking it), which turns the THCA into THC (specifically, Delta-9).
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