The BLUNT Truth
The Current Buzz Vol 4 Issue 7
celebrate 710/OIL Day in body, mind, and spirit by: TCB Staff If you are reading this, then you know last year’s OIL Day was kind of a bust, but we got a shot at a better OIL Day this year, and we think it’s time we do things right. For those who are not familiar with OIL Day, it’s a processed cannabis holiday celebrated on July 10 (in the U.S.). For anyone who dabs, uses cannabis oils, wax, shatter, vapes, live resin, terpene extracts, hash extractions, distillates, or concentrates, this is your time to shine. “710” spells “OIL” when you flip it upside down and it’s almost synonymous with “420-Friendly” events, many of which are now “420/710-Friendly”. Using concentrates used to be a rare occurrence, but Cannabis and Medical Cannabis (CB/MCB) have become mainstream. Since California first legalized in 1996, the neverending list of new products has ramped-up dramatically, creating a niche market for those who
On to 710... “710” origins are a bit vague, but did you know that hash oil was developed by the CIA during WWII as a way to interrogate war criminals? Flash-forward to the 1990’s and an article about extracting butane hash oil was published about the same time as the launch of the Cannabis Cup. These two things made concentrates more mainstream. like concentrates over rolling up flower. With that, edibles, drinks and consumables have become a bigger niche market for those who prefer to not smoke CB/ MCB, and it shows no signs of stopping. If anything, the market is growing exponentially. There’s a short history here too. The term “420” started from a police code thought to be tied to marijuana possession or a Bob Dylan song, however, it’s the cop code for “a group of teenagers”. In 1971, a group of
teens in California heard about a nearby abandoned cannabis plant, so every day they met up at 4:20 p.m. to look for it; they never found the plant but decided to use 420 as their secret code to discuss smoking weed. Later, one of the kids met-up with a member of the Grateful Dead who loved it, and the term took off from there. Today, “420-Friendly” refers to a person, a business, and even dating profiles where people are comfortable with others who partake.
The 7/10 holiday traces back to 2012, and we aren’t sure if there was anything specific tied to it, but we endorse anything that makes having fun a holiday. There are some countries that celebrate 710 on October 7, so we wanna support that too. Starting NOW. ORRRRR, We could use the symbolism behind these three numbers to celebrate all that is 710. The number 7 is tied to mysticism, understanding of others, continued on page 5