Not everyone wants to smoke, vape or eat a gummy. Tinctures and topicals are the quiet corner of the menu at our
Boston dispensary
in the South End: measured drops you take by mouth, and products you put on your skin or in the bath.
Tinctures
A tincture is cannabis extract in a liquid base, sold in a small bottle with a marked dropper. You can hold the drops under your tongue or stir them into a drink. The appeal is control: you choose the dose a few milligrams at a time, which is harder to do with a gummy that comes in fixed pieces.
We carry Treeworks of Massachusetts tinctures, including Jungle Drops, a 200mg bottle with equal parts THC, CBD, CBC, CBG and CBN, and Rocket Drops, a 300mg bottle built around CBG, THCV and THC. Bottles run about $60 to $70 before tax and last a long time at low doses.
Topicals
Topicals are applied to the skin instead of eaten or inhaled. Our shelf includes Treeworks Canna Cream, a full-spectrum RSO cream with THC, CBD and CBG at about $45, and The Healing Rose CBD bath soaks in 100mg and 300mg sizes, scented and unscented, from about $10 to $25. The bath soaks are made in Massachusetts and make an easy gift.
How to choose
For tinctures, read the cannabinoid ratio first. A bottle listed as 1:1 has equal parts of two cannabinoids, and multi-cannabinoid blends list each one on the label. Check the milligrams of THC per milliliter so you know what one dropper holds. Start with a quarter dropper or less and wait. Like edibles, tinctures you swallow can take 30 minutes to two hours to feel.
For topicals, look at the total cannabinoid content and the ingredient list, especially if you have sensitive skin or prefer unscented products. Our budtenders can walk you through what is on the shelf.
Terms worth knowing
Sublingual.
Held under the tongue before swallowing.
Full spectrum.
Contains a range of the plant's cannabinoids and terpenes, not THC alone.
RSO.
A thick, dark, full-spectrum cannabis oil.
Minor cannabinoids.
Compounds such as CBG, CBN, CBC and THCV that appear alongside THC and CBD.
Massachusetts purchase limits
Tinctures count as concentrate under state rules. The Massachusetts daily limit for adults 21 and older is the equivalent of two ounces of flower, which the state sets at 10 grams of THC in concentrates, tinctures included. Other products in the same order count toward the same total.
Pickup in Boston
Order ahead on the menu and pick up at 591 Albany St, a short trip from Back Bay, SoWa and Ink Block. We are open Monday through Saturday 10am to 9pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Directions are on the
South End location page , and delivery updates are on the
delivery page . Shop
tinctures
or
topicals
on the menu, or see
edibles in Boston
for gummies and THC drinks.
