Do You Want To Tell Her, Or Shall I?

[GregS]

LEONI TWP., MI – A 20-year-old Leoni Township man was attempting to extract hash oil by "open blasting" Wednesday night when he was injured by an explosion that caught his home on fire, police said.

The man suffered burns to his hands and face after a fire broke out in the upstairs bedroom of his home at 4600 E. Michigan Avenue, Blackman-Leoni Public Safety Deputy Director Jon Johnston said.

The man lived in the home with his parents and was transferred to the hospital by his mother after the explosion, Johnston said.

Johnston said when crews arrived at about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 22, flames and smoke were visible from an upstairs bedroom in the residence. Johnston said crews were able to contain the fire to the upstairs bedroom but the structure had smoke and water damage throughout.

"The parents at first were evasive about their son's whereabouts and how the fire started," Johnston said. "Once it was determined that an explosion had occurred and that the mother had taken the son to the hospital we became concerned that it could have been a meth lab explosion."

Johnston said the Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team was called to the scene and determined that the 20-year-old victim was attempting to extract hash oil from marijuana.

"This is a process called open blasting and involves heating the marijuana with butane gas. Butane is highly flammable and they use a small blow torch to heat up the product. Apparently there was some sort of spark that led to an explosion," Johnston said. "The 20-year-old apparently does have a medical marijuana card."

Johnston said it is unclear if the victim was in any violation of the medical marijuana law and JNET will continue investigating the incident.

Johnston said he did not have an update on the victim's condition but said he believes the man had injures that were not life threatening.  

The Blackman-Leoni Public Safety Department was assisted at the scene by Grass Lake Township and Napoleon Township fire departments.

[trichcycler]

This is a process called open blasting and involves heating the marijuana with butane gas. Butane is highly flammable and they use a small blow torch to heat up the product. Apparently there was some sort of spark that led to an explosion..

 

wow, all this time thinking the butane gas dissolves the trichome heads and releases the contents, often frozen. butane heats marijuana? who would have thunk?

a small blow torch to heat up the material?  WTF?? its no wonder the world is full of misinformation concerning cannabis. hope its not on purpose

 

Hey ! azzoholes, you're doing it wrong!!

[GregS]

This is a process called open blasting and involves heating the marijuana with butane gas. Butane is highly flammable and they use a small blow torch to heat up the product. Apparently there was some sort of spark that led to an explosion..

 

wow, all this time thinking the butane gas dissolves the trichome heads and releases the contents, often frozen. butane heats marijuana? who would have thunk?

a small blow torch to heat up the material?  WTF?? its no wonder the world is full of misinformation concerning cannabis. hope its not on purpose

 

Hey ! azzoholes, you're doing it wrong!!

No wonder mj is so dangerous. 

[mibrains]

Cannabis is NOT DANGEROUS in any way shape or form.

 

Google is your friend.

[jointedone]

Strange title for a thread,who is the her that needs to be told what? Or is that some kind of code?

[GregS]

The reporter.

[trichcycler]

"Apparently there was some sort of spark that led to an explosion"

 

you don't say....maybe it was the torch heating up the material or maybe the butane got too hot when it was heating up the marijuana.

 

and these are the guys with guns they put in charge of deciding when a law is broken ?   be scared 

[mrd]

Dabbing?

[jointedone]

Wow. Now that was really worth blowing up your house,hospital and jail time,huh? Plain ole green leafy stuff is enough for me.