Officials: Little known locally about earwax marijuana
By Marie F. Estrada/Times-Herald staff writer
"I felt like I was gonna die," the 17-year-old recalled. "The movie we were watching started to look 3-D. I kept seeing lights."
What the others in the group Josh was with had failed to tell him when they offered the drug to him, was that earwax marijuana can include up to 90 percent THC.
In short, it's highly hallucinogenic. And, knowledgeable sources say, it can be very dangerous to certain people.
Officials on Solano County's Alcohol and Drug Advisory board, say they know little about earwax marijuana -- its nickname derived from its appearance -- or its potential dangers.
The night Josh was under the drug's influence, someone telephoned Rhonda, Josh's grandmother. She picked him up and drove him to the hospital -- where his hands were handcuffed to the bed rails and he was later arrested.
(Josh and Rhonda agreed to be interviewed for this article under the condition that certain details of Josh's experience the night he tried earwax be excluded.)
The effects of the drug didn't end with Josh's arrest. The earwax was so intense that Josh's high lasted three days, all of which he spent in juvenile hall.
A year of probation and $7,000 in fines later, Josh is just beginning to get over the experience.
Despite this, most teenagers are unaware that a high THC content in their bodies can have short- and long-lasting detrimental effects on their bodies and their lives.
Christie DeClue, a Solano County Alcohol and Drug Advisory board member, said marijuana has come a long way from the days of hippies and disco.
"In the 1970s, (people) were primarily smoking the leaves of the plant," DeClue said "Now users are smoking (the more potent) buds of the plant."
What disturbed Rhonda the most was not that the earwax exists -- but that the recipes are so easy to find -- and not one video explains the high THC content or potential risks.
Donald Poston, Josh's former counselor, said the substance is fairly easy to make, but can be incredibly dangerous.
"The earwax is made with aerosol butane and the resin of the leaves and buds of the female plants. The result is a yellow-green waxy material," Poston said.
A substance abuse counselor for Youth and Family Services of Solano County in Fairfield, Poston said Josh was the first person he met who had tried the drug.
Since then, it has been coming up more in group meetings with other juveniles.
The consensus? It is too strong.
On June 17, CBS Detroit reported two people have been sent to the hospital in Detroit after using earwax.
In the article, reporter Sandra McNeill wrote the two 36-year-olds -- both medical marijuana patients -- suffered episodes of psychosis.
Sorry for the long story but that was quite an interesting read.
Who are the scientists toiling away in the lab coming up with different potent strains of marijuana? Don’t get me wrong, I believe there’s nothing wrong with dope or medicinal marijuana being legal but if the geniuses who were coming up with earwax marijuana plied their trade a bit better then we might have a cure for cancer instead of stronger weed to ease the symptoms with.
And what is up with kids these days? Is weed and booze just not good enough anymore? Now they have to dip their weed in ear wax and get so bombed that they lose their freaking minds for half a week. Between bath salts, meth and earwax weed I think the youth of the nation might be permanently checking out, aside from momentarily dipping back into consciousness to watch Miley Cyrus twerk.
What will they come up with next? My bet is on dingleberry acid.
P.S. - My mind is working overtime to think what that kid could have done that was so embarrassing that the writer agreed not to print in. I'm guessing it wasn't as cool as shouting "I'm a golden god" on a rooftop. I'm guessing he just shit his pants.
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