By @medsforheads

NuEra recently announced the arrival of its first-ever hydrocarbon extracts after several years of producing only solventless concentrates. With several flavors of live sugar and at least one badder included in the initial drop, I thought it best to start with one of the company’s staple strains and a reliable performer in bubble hash, LSD. The cross of Afghani and Skunk #1 always hits me just right with its ability to relieve aches of the body, mind, and spirit.

My gram was manufactured on August 3 and packaged on August 19, making its way to my banger two weeks after that. It tested at 82.36% total cannabinoids, including 1.36% CBG, a molecule I often find to enhance the full-body effects of any cannabis product.

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The LSD live sugar had a wet, saucy texture with THCa crystals ranging in size from grains of sand to raspberry drupelets sunken in a shallow pool of brass-colored HTE in an even ratio. From the somewhat quirky triangular dish, I could smell the soapy Lysol scent I typically associate with close Afghani relatives along with hints of citrus and sweet, dewy pine that give the sugar a fruitier profile, almost melon-like, than I’ve experienced with the cultivar in the past. A dilute funk beckoned me closer but mysteriously receded into the distance when I approached.

Unsurprisingly from the extract’s sharp aroma, its most abundant terpene was limonene at 2.09%, followed by b-myrcene at 1.87%, b-caryophyllene at 1.17% and a-humulene at 0.48%, proportional to the flower. LSD live sugar’s flavor was not easy for me to place; I sensed chlorine chemminess alongside rosehip tea and charred applewood.

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The tension-disrupting effect of a dab struck the top of my head first, sending gentle ripples across my scalp like a pebble in a pond. This feeling oozed down over my face, which was pinched into a small-eyed smile, as the back of my neck turned to rubber.

After a few minutes, I was giggly and easily distracted, a state I welcomed especially after a stretch of mental labor. Already quite dialed in from its debut batch, the concentrate was authentically tasty and robustly effective for unwinding without going over the cliff of lethargy. For more Illinois News Joint reviews, click here.

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