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What does butane have to do with recreational marijuana? And why does the 319-page law that made Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize marijuana ban the home extraction of cannabis concentrates using butane and other “volatile solvents” such as propane and hexane?
With pun fully intended, it is there to try to head off an explosive issue relating to how some people and businesses might produce THC concentrates, such as hash oil, that greatly increase the potency.
If done improperly or without adequate equipment, using solvents like butane to draw THC from marijuana buds can lead to massive explosions if a spark sets off the evaporated solvents. Other recreational states have seen an increase, though hardly an epidemic, of such explosions and fires during the production of what is also called Butane Honey Oil.
A 2020 explosion in Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters who suffered burns and lung damage from inhaling superheated gasses. A former mayor of Bellevue, Washington, was killed from injuries suffered while fleeing an apartment building set ablaze by a butane-related explosion. An article in Firehouse.com, described the dangers that are exacerbated by delayed explosions of butane canisters after firefighters have begun battling the fires.
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