This document summarizes emerging trends related to marijuana concentrates and edibles. It notes that Oregon legalized recreational marijuana use in 2014 and discusses popular concentrated forms like dabs, shatter, and BHO oil, which are extracted using dangerous home distilling methods. Edibles are noted to contain THC which is fat soluble and added to foods, with fatal incidents reported from overconsumption. Popular culture references to marijuana are increasing in music. Teen use data from local surveys shows gradual increases in reported use from 2010-2014. The document outlines strategies to prevent teen use through open communication and involvement between parents and children. It provides local resources for parents.

1. Emerging Trends
in Marijuana
Concentrates & Edibles
Parent Education Night

2. What is this?

3. Do you think these could get you high?

4. What do these
public figures all
have in common?

6. Recreational Legalization
• November 2014: Measure 91 Passes in Oregon
• July 1, 2015: Law becomes in effect
• removes penalties for adults 21+ who possess, use, and grow a limited amount of
marijuana
• limit to eight ounces of marijuana per adult (can carry one ounce in public)
• limit on growing no more than four marijuana plants per household
• directs the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to establish, regulate, and license
marijuana businesses

7. Marijuana 101
• Marijuana is made of over 400 chemicals
• Cannabinoids: name of the 61 unique chemicals only found in cannabis
• Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, is the psychoactive component of marijuana
(what makes you ‘high’)
• Cannabidiol, CBD, contains medicinal properties
• Strains
• Indica - higher CBD, lower THC
relaxing high sensation
• Sativa - higher THC, lower CBD
stimulating high sensation

8. Shift in Culture
• This is not the same drug of the 70’s
• Modern day prohibition
• D.A.R.E. doesn't work
• Keep educating yourself on new forms
• Huge changes in store for the future

9. Emerging Trends

10. Concentrates
• Created through a distilling process
• Becomes a sticky, waxy, oily substance referred to as
• Dabs
• Shatter
• Oil
• Errl
• B.H.O. (butane honey/hash oil)

14. Dangerous Distilling
• Two men, ages 18 and 19
• Attempted to make BHO at home
• Grandmother in house dies from smoke
inhalation complications

22. Concentrates
• How is the oil ingested?
Oil Rig
Nail &
Tool Torch

27. Edibles
• THC is fat soluble
• Budder (bud butter, cannabutter), cooking oils, and
honey
• Added to baked goods, hard candies, drinks
• 20-40% of Colorado’s recreational sales
• Overdosing on THC itself is not fatal
• Choices made while impaired can be

28. Edibles
• Serving size is 10 milligrams of THC
• Also depends on tolerance of user
• Colorado caps recreational edibles at 100 mg
• Medical edibles range from 50 - 400 mg THC
• Onset time can take 15 - 90 minutes

32. Fatal Edibles
• Colorado resident Richard Kirk, 48, shot and killed
his wife after eating marijuana candy in April 2014
• The “Karma Kandy” consumed had no dosage
recommendations on package
• Pleading not guilty - case scheduled for Oct. 2015

33. Fatal Edibles
• Levy Thamba, age 19, goes to Colorado on Spring
Break trip with college friends
• Ate six times the recommended dosage of
marijuana cookie (one whole cookie)
• Marijuana intoxication listed as contributing factor to
his death after jump off of balcony

35. How to Detect

36. Popular Culture

39. Popular Culture: Music
• A$AP Ferg: “Have another hit but I want to hit the
shatter, Dabbing all night really got me faded”
• Tyler the Creator: “I be gassing up my buzz like some
bees in a shell.. Popping like oil ollie in fire flames”
• Big Sean: “I just ate a edible, edible… I'm just so
messed up though - in the mental, I feel like I just
jumped out the window”

42. Popular Culture: Music
• Marijuana references cross all boundaries
• Uprise in female artists support of drug use:
Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Ray

44. Concealed
• Discreet Packaging
• Disposable Options
150-hit JointInhaler
Water AdditiveVape
Pens
Disposable Cartridge
Vap Pens

45. Concealed
• Most oil has no distinct smell, unlike flower
• Silicone containers
• Carmex containers

46. Benton County Data
• Oregon Student Wellness Survey: 2010-2014
• Data is collected yearly
• Surveys Corvallis, Philomath, and Monroe high schools
Kelly Locey
Adolescent Health Promotion Program Coordinator
Benton County Health Department
Kelly.Locey@co.benton.or.us

47. If you wanted to get some, how easy would it be for you to get some
marijuana? (Graph represents those who answered easy)

48. How much do you think people risk harming themselves
(physically or in other ways) if they try marijuana once or twice?
(Graph represents moderate or great risk answers)

49. During the past 30 days, how many times did you use marijuana?
(Graph shows students using 1 or more times in past 30 days)

50. Strategies & Resources
to Prevent Teen Use

51. Why do kids use?
• Social Acceptance
• Searching for friends
• Rebellion
• Curiosity
• Boredom
• Fun
• Self-Medicating
• Fulfilling a need
• Girls/Boys

52. Change in Behavior
• Look for abrupt or unusual differences in
• School & Grades
• Sleep patterns
• Friends
• Identity
• Pulling away from
family unit, friends,
outside activities

53. • Behaviors displayed
• Defensiveness
• Aggression
• Mood swings
Change in Behavior

54. What can I put in place to
prevent my teen from using?
• Involved parents
• Check-in
• Social media (Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr)
• Know their friends and friend’s parents
• Know where they are staying
• Consistency!

55. Starting the Conversation
• The best resource is your kid
• Develop a strategy to talk about this topic
• Acknowledge youth’s feelings & desire for independence
• Express concern
• Utilize relationship
• Avoid judgment

58. Resources
• Partnership for Drug Free Kids
Marijuana Talk Kit : http://www.drugfree.org
• Colorado or Washington based sites
StartTalkingNow.org

60. • Community Engagement
• Opportunity
• Positive Role Models
• Paid staff with eyes on our kids at all times
• FUN!

61. Ryan McCauley
Club Director
(541) 757-1909 x211
rmccauley@bgccorvallis.org
Olivia Hawkinson
Oregon State Intern
liv.hawk@gmail.com
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