Overgrowing Big Marijuana

So, if there's one thing that I hate, its shitty weed, and so you can imagine how I feel about the tidal wave of shittily grown marijuana that has currently flooded my great home state since the legalization of medical marijuana.  Up until recently, commercial, Walmart grade cannabis was not the norm in this state; quite to the contrary, Colorado has generally had much of the best cannabis in the country.  This much was made obvious to me any time I would travel outside of Colorado, by the astonishment and wonder that pulling out a bag of Colorado kind bud would usually garner.  However, with legalization came the 'wonders' of American socialism, complete with handing over the regulation of an industry to the most prominent and established members of that industry.

Dab fever

So dabs are the big thing now.  Which for the uninitiated refers to (usually) vaporizing vaporizing a small amount (or dab) of hash and then inhaling the smoke with some kind of waterpipe.  I did this around 1000 times at the cannabis cup a couple weeks ago, so I have a reasonable impression of it throughout the varied qualities and varieties available.  My professional opinion is that its all right, but overrated.  There's also a great number of things that I don't particularly like for it.  The first would be that you can make extracts with any kind of flower or leaf product that contains marginal amounts of THC, regardless of the actual condition of the plant matter.  The leaf that got blasted into your BHO could have powdery mildew or bud rot, it could have been sprayed with any kind of pesticide or foliar feed, and you can almost bet your ass it won't have been properly flushed.  It seems like this is a perfect way for the dispensaries that already thrive on shoddy business practices (i.e. selling shitty outdoor herb as 'organic medicine') to further prey on their customers due to the unregulation and unaccountability that is prevalent throughout the industry; while charging their customers an absolute arm and leg for something that they would otherwise very likely have to throw away.  Dabs also don't seem to last that long, and don't seem to me to be well suited for my general style of herb smoking, which is a little more lazy, and preferably does not involve a butane torch.

I've made BHO a few times now and I think my favorite extractions are still those made using dry ice.  The oils might be more potent, but nothing is more of a pleasure to smoke to me than pure resin glands.