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In a sentence. The non-intoxicating acidic precursor of THC in the raw, living plant.
Raw cannabis contains THCA, not THC; heat from smoking, vaping or cooking decarboxylates it into intoxicating THC. Because labs report "total THC", they convert measured THCA to its THC equivalent.
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