THE LAWFUL PUZZLE OF THCA: EXAMINING ITS STANDING THROUGHOUT US STATES

THCA, or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, has emerged as a factor of contention within the developing legal landscape of marijuana in the USA. Unlike its psychoactive counterpart THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), THCA exists in raw marijuana and does not produce an intoxicating result. Nevertheless, THCA easily converts to THC via decarboxylation, a process