LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – A drug called butane hash oil is becoming increasingly popular among teens in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. BHO is part of a classification of marijuana. On the street, it goes by names like shatter, wax or honey.
The trend is called “dabbing” and it takes marijuana to a new and potentially deadly level.
That’s because in dabbing, THC which is the ingredient in marijuana which creates the high, can be nine times higher than in regular pot smoking.
National trainer and speaker for drug prevention Officer Jermaine Galloway said it’s becoming a sweeping trend.
“It’s a different form of marijuana. It looks like a wax. It has very high THC content, much higher than anything we’ve ever seen on the streets before,” said Galloway.
BHO is made by heating and smoking highly-concentrated marijuana until it becomes a gooey substance called butane honey. Users then smoke a “dab.”
“We’ve always talked about marijuana being a gateway drug, but now marijuana has changed forms. Marijuana is more potent, so sometimes we can’t even look at marijuana the same way anymore,” said Galloway.