Is it possible that it gives some kind of drug effect? Like mushrooms people eat for hallucinogenic effects. There was those magic mushrooms growing behind my school. The fist sized mushrooms with waxy white spots. The white spots were the supposed to be Strychnine, but that part was a myth apparently. It was said that you are supposed to scrape the white spots off. Kids went to the hospital because they just ate them without removing the dots. I suppose removing the dots reduces the potency. According to wiki they have "psychedelic compounds psilocybin, psilocin and baeocystin". I suppose that is a poison at too high a dose.
So maybe boiling this weed is something like that?
There's got to be a reason. LOL, maybe it tastes good?

Btw, I watch a lot of new2torah. This steemit thing is a little hard to navigate. I hope they make it a little easier. I agree, we need to get away from youtube, even as myself not being a content provider, I would fully switch and as the Bible says, not look back.
I'd like to see new2torah on here too.