THE LEGAL PUZZLE OF THCA: EXAMINING ITS STATUS THROUGHOUT US STATES

THCA, or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, has emerged as a factor of opinion within the progressing lawful landscape of marijuana in the United States. Unlike its psychoactive equivalent THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), THCA exists in raw cannabis and does not create an intoxicating effect. Nonetheless, THCA easily converts to THC with decarboxylation, a pr