Cannabis Flower Cannabis flower refers to the flowers that bloom from a male or female cannabis plant. Flowers from the female cannabis plants produce THC, as well as other cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant, at much higher levels than the flowers from male cannabis plants. If female cannabis plants go unfertilized by male plants, they continue to produce cannabinoid-rich resin until they are harvested. Once the cannabis flowers are harvested, dried, and cured they can be smoked, vaporized, or used to make cannabis concentrates and cannabis-infused edibles. Cannabis Concentrates Cannabinoids from dried cannabis flowers can be extracted, and processed in a number of ways to yield a variety of cannabis concentrates such as wax, live resin, rosin, shatter, distillate, etc. These extraction methods pull all of the active cannabinoids from the plant matter into a very potent concentrated form of cannabis. The cannabis concentrates can then be vaporized or used to make cannabis-infused edibles. Cannabis-Infused Edibles Dried cannabis flowers and cannabis concentrates can be used to make cannabis-infused edible products such as gummies, baked goods, caramels, chocolates, drinks, and almost any food item you could imagine. When cannabis products are ingested orally, the THC molecule is processed through the liver and broken down to a THC derivative called 11-hydroxy-THC. Because 11-hydroxy-THC can produce much stronger psychoactive effects than one would experience from smoking dried cannabis flowers, patients are encouraged to be cautious when taking cannabis-infused edibles.