How to Make Your Own THC Pills (DIY Instructions)

How to make THC pills

how to make thc pills at home

THC pills are an easy and effective way to ingest THC.

Heck, it might even be better than taking multivitamins. But if you suffer from chronic pain as well as other conditions that require sustained relief such as insomnia, seizures, depression, arthritis, and headaches, THC pills are the best way to administer cannabis.

Making your own THC pills is pretty easy, and unlike buying cannabis pills, it gives you the chance to use your favorite strains.

What are THC pills?

THC pills are usually gelatin capsules (or sometimes soft-gels) filled with a cannabis product and mixed with a natural fatty oil to facilitate the absorption of cannabinoids by the digestive system.

For everything you need to know about THC pill you can read our complete guide to THC pills here.

How to make THC pills

The easiest way to make THC pills is to grind your cannabis flower with oil of your choice to make a paste. This is the simplest method but it will not make high-potency pills and they probably won’t last as long without the rest of the plant material, plus it’s difficult to get your paste mix into the empty capsules.

The most effective way to make THC pills is by extracting your cannabis product into an oil base - this is the method we will guide you through next.

What you will need

Cannabis (or concentrate) - you can use pretty much any flower or extract. The more potent the material you use, the more potent your cannabis oil will be.

Vegetable oil - any oil will work, but medium chain triglyceride (MCT) coconut oil is the best option.

Digital scales

Measuring cup

Measuring spoon

Oven

Stove or slow-cooker

Empty gelatin or vegetarian capsules

Syringe/dipper to fill the capsules

Determining Dosage

This might not be possible if you don’t know how much THC is in your bud. If you are using a concentrate or kief, you are likely to produce a very potent cannabis oil so be careful!

If you know how much THC is in your concentrate or bud you can figure out how much to use so that each pill has the desired levels of THC.

Each pill can be filled with 0.5ml (500mg) of cannabis oil.

Example:

You want to make a 5mg THC pills

Your cannabis strain is 10% THC

Equation: 5mg THC pill / cannabis strain 10% THC = 5mg / 0.1 = 50mg

This means you will need 50mg of cannabis for each pill to contain 5mg THC.

How many pills do you want to make?

Example:

You want to make 20 pills

You need 50mg of cannabis for each pill to contain 5mg THC (from above)

Equation: 20 pills x 50mg of cannabis each pill = 20 x 50mg = 1000mg

This means you will need 1000mg of cannabis to make 20 pills each containing 5mg of THC

You can use this formula in the same way when using concentrates such as hash oil, shatter, wax etc, as long as you know how much THC is in them.

Decarbing your cannabis

In this step we decarboxylate our cannabis to to convert the non-psychoactive THCA into THC. If you don’t want these psychoactive effects, you can skip this step - THCA can still help reduce pain, inflammation, nausea and other therapeutic benefits without getting high.

To decarboxylate gently heat your cannabis in a preheated oven at around 250°F for approx. 30 minutes. Allow you cannabis to cool and then grind it into a power.

For concentrates, heat for approx. 60 minutes at around 240°F and then allow it to cool.

Making your cannabis oil

The next step is to make the cannabis oil that you will use to fill your capsules. You will be extracting the THC and other cannabinoids from your cannabis product, as well as any terpenes and flavonoids that might be present.

Using the example above, if you are making 20 pills and each capsule holds 0.5ml of oil - you will want to prepare (20 x 0.5ml)=10ml of vegetable oil to infuse your cannabis in.

Combine your cannabis and vegetable oil and heat slowly on either a stove on the lowest temperature possible or ideally in a crock-pot (slow cooker) for around 4-5 hours to fully infuse the cannabis in the oil.

For concentrates it takes much less time, you just need to wait until the concentrate completely dissolves in the oil.

Allow you infused cannabis oil to cool at room temperature.

Fill your capsules

Now you’re ready to fill your capsules with the cannabis oil. Using a filling tray makes this step much easier. Use a syringe or a dipper to add the oil and then carefully recap the capsules.

Store your pills in an airtight container and keep them in the fridge to preserve their

quality.

Next step is to enjoy the medicinal and recreational benefits of your THC pills. If you’re unsure the dosage, best to try them at home the first time!