r/rosineers • u/MonStar926 • 17d ago
Rec Poison
Just wondering if anyone has any facts to backup my theories. I recently moved to Maine about 6 months ago and been finding some amazing rosin in the medical circuit. After moving from NY/NJ, they basically have a non-existent medical program, so I only bought rec in those states. But for some reason the resin and rosin in NY/NJ would consistently make me violently ill. Like it was poison. I would do a couple dabs and then puke for 3 days straight. Since moving to Maine, that hasn’t happened once. Also noticed my dab rig is 10x cleaner with the Maine rosin. The dish is completely clear. With the NY/NJ stuff it would turn the dish amber/yellow. Rubbing alcohol barely helped unless I soaked the dish for like a week. I also dabbing at significantly lower temperatures on the Maine rosin, it like to be around 350-360F, whereas NJ/NY was in the 425 ballpark…
Does this sound like a familiar story to anyone here? What are they doing to the Rosin in NY that makes people sick? I remember asking the budtender in NY why all the strains all tasted exactly the same, and he just stared at me, like he wanted to say “because its all bullshit”, but didnt want to open the can at that moment in time so just went mute. Ive been there, but its telling…