Hello, I am Vogel. *Moderators, if this post is in the wrong location please feel free to move it to the appropriate location.About myself:My online name is Vogel (After Vogel of Organic Chemistry fame),I am a chemist with a background in Organic Chemistry and I have some knowledge of biochemistry as well. I am willing to discuss the science behind marihuana and its component compounds as well as any chemistry related information relating to marihuana. I have never used marihuana and I do not grow marihuana but I find the way the enzymes in marihuana perform to be of interest to medical and industrial research. Morally I have no problem with people who use marihuana non-medicinally, it is simply not my concern and I haven't seen marihuana users to be a real threat to the stability of free society based on government statistics.I am willing to talk about simple to moderately advanced chemistry related to marihuana, for example:A moderately advanced topic might be the creation of analogues of THC or CBD. I am willing to discuss these but I will not talk about a specific detailed method or methods to synthesize them or where you may buy the reagents. I will however talk about the chemistry and science, while trying to put it in terms non-chemists can understand easily.I won't give "recipes" (Chemists hate that word to describe "a synthesis"
, but I will discuss aspects of synthesis with a focus on safety and proper behavior. I would rather a person "figure it out on their own" and succeed in breaking the some laws than failing and causing injury to themselves or others.If you have a chemistry question, please start a thread with your question, containing the chemistry tag like this "[Chemistry]" OR "[Science]" at the end of your subject line, and if I see it I will answer.Thank you for your time, I hope this community considers me an asset rather than a liability.
, but I will discuss aspects of synthesis with a focus on safety and proper behavior. I would rather a person "figure it out on their own" and succeed in breaking the some laws than failing and causing injury to themselves or others.If you have a chemistry question, please start a thread with your question, containing the chemistry tag like this "[Chemistry]" OR "[Science]" at the end of your subject line, and if I see it I will answer.Thank you for your time, I hope this community considers me an asset rather than a liability.