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What Happens If You Lick Wax from a Cart?
Maybe your dab pen battery died, or your curiosity got the better, and you’re staring at that sticky golden wax inside your cartridge. You might be wondering: “Can I just lick the wax from my cart? Will it get me high?”
The short answer? Yes, you can lick and even eat wax — but unless they’ve been properly decarboxylated, they won’t get you high. Here’s everything you need to know before you lick your wax from a cart.
What Is Wax in a Cart?
Wax is a refined, concentrated form of cannabis, THC levels at anywhere between 60% and 100%, allowing the consumer to enjoy marijuana’s therapeutic compounds without having to smoke plant material.
Most waxes result from extraction processes involving butane or other hydrocarbon solvents.
Because wax can take on so many nuanced forms, it may also be called “butter,” “badder,” “honeycomb,” or other descriptive names that speak to the extract’s texture and appearance.
Wax is also versatile. It can be dabbed, vaporized, or added to a bowl, joint, or blunt for additional potency.
What Happens If You Lick Wax from a Cart?
If you lick wax from a vape cart, whether it get you a high depends on the type of extract in your vape cart:
Live Resin Carts: If you eat raw wax such as Live resin, you won’t feel much of anything psychoactive. This is because live resin wax is not decarbed.
THCA needs heat to become THC, the compound that gets you high. Your body doesn’t naturally convert THCA to THC efficiently on its own. Decarboxylation occurs when the wax is heated.
In this case, You might get some effects like mild relaxation, but it won’t be the intense high you expect from a dab rig. This will just Waste material and money.
Distillate Carts: If you eat wax such as THC distillate, which is already decarbed. Then you will have the full effects or high sense of wax just like vaping it. But it won’t taste great.
Risks of Licking Wax from a Vape Cart
Generally speaking, Licking wax from a vape cartridge isn’t recommended — here’s why and what can happen if you do:
1. Bad Taste or Burning Sensation
Wax is not designed for oral consumption. It may taste bitter, resinous, or chemically unpleasant, causing a tingling or burning sensation on your tongue.
2. Overdose Risk
Wax is high potent that 3x stronger than flower. Even a small amount can be super psychoactive.
If you are a low-tolerance user and take too much THC distillate wax, you might feel:
Couch-lock, heavy limbs, or mental fog;
Paranoia or anxiety (common with overconsumption);
Upset stomach, Vomit, or nausea (rare, but possible if swallowed).
Additionally, The effects of eating THC wax can take longer to set in compared to smoking or vaping, making it difficult for users to gauge their optimal dosage and potentially leading to overconsumption.
3. Risk of contaminants
If the THC wax is sourced from an unreliable supplier, there is a risk of consuming contaminants such as residual solvents or pesticides.
How to Consume Wax Correctly?
If you want to consumethc effectively, it's best not to simply eat dabs as they are. The best way is to decarboxylate it and Infuse into edibles.
The decarboxylation of cannabis wax requires gentle heat, usually provided by an oven, which transforms the non-psychoactive THCA into the potent THC.
Conclusion
Before you decide you can lick or eat wax from a vape cart, it's important to understand that the potency and experience can vary widely.
Wax probably won’t do anything for you except taste awful and stick to every part of your mouth.
The THC won’t be fully activated unless decarboxylated (already heated), but many vape oils are already decarbed and can have an effect if absorbed orally.
Overall, licking the wax is not recommended, It must be properly processed to be safe and effective as an edible that you can consume THC and experience its full effects.
