I would expect the raw cannabis honey to have almost no THC, because it hasn't gone through decarboxylation. Raw cannabis has THCA but very little THC. Heating it releases the carboxyl group (COOH) and turns the THCA into THC.
This happens naturally when cannabis is smoked or vaporized or made into a cooked edible. Eating raw cannabis won't get you very high.
It looks like something similar happens with CBDA turning into CBD. The cannabis strain they used in the tests didn't have much CBD[A] in it to begin with; it would be interesting to see what happens with a CBD-rich strain. Does anyone happen to know more about this?
Someone who knows more than me (OldSchoolJohnny?) could answer this better, but I think the pasteurization temperature for honey is too low. The references I've seen indicate a temperature of 145-150° F for honey, and more like 230-240° F for carboxylation.
I know a lot about this and you are correct there would be no effect even if this honey actually had any resin in it which I'm extremely skeptical of for many different reasons.
It's not talking about THCA (2-COOH-THC) which is what raw cannabis contains - eating it won't do anything unless you decarboxylate first. But yes, if (after the decarb) you bind it to a fat substrate (e.g. butter, oil etc) then you'll metabolize it.
This happens naturally when cannabis is smoked or vaporized or made into a cooked edible. Eating raw cannabis won't get you very high.
https://www.google.com/search?q=cannabis+decarboxylation
This page has some interesting test results:
http://www.marijuanagrowershq.com/decarboxylating-cannabis-t...
It looks like something similar happens with CBDA turning into CBD. The cannabis strain they used in the tests didn't have much CBD[A] in it to begin with; it would be interesting to see what happens with a CBD-rich strain. Does anyone happen to know more about this?