Tinctures on Florida MMTC menus

A liquid cannabis extract in a dropper bottle or with an oral syringe. A tincture is traditionally made with alcohol; however, most tinctures sold today use an oil base, commonly MCT (coconut-derived) oil. Most are made with distillate unless the listing names another extract. The label gives milligrams per milliliter (mg/ml) and per bottle, and the dropper is marked for measuring.

A tincture can be taken two ways:

1. A tincture dose held under the tongue (sublingual) for about a minute. Some of the dose is absorbed through the lining of the mouth, and effects may begin in 15 to 45 minutes.
2. Swallowed, acting like an edible. Effects begin in roughly 30 minutes to 2 hours.

In practice, part of a sublingual dose is swallowed too, so many people get a mix of both.