Rise in UK Explosions Linked to Butane Hash Oil
A highly dangerous method of producing super-strength cannabis is emerging in the UK, police and firefighters say.
Butane hash oil is made using large amounts of the flammable gas, which can explode with devastating consequences.
A BBC investigation has learned of two deaths and 27 people being injured across the UK since 2014, as a result of making the drug.
The warning comes on the same day a Glasgow man was jailed for more than six years after his drug lab exploded.
Butane hash oil (BHO), which is illegal in the UK, is also known as honey oil, dabs or shatter.
Pure and strong
It is pure and strong and made by using solvents to strip out of cannabis plants one of the active ingredients of the drug - THC.
Producers often use butane gas, which can ignite and cause a fireball.
It has become popular in the US, especially...
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