The other night I was playing cards with a guy that chews tobacco from time to time. I started wondering aloud if it would be possible to make chew from marijuana similar to chewing tobacco. Anyone have any idea about this? Is it possible? Ever see it done? What effects would there be from chewing it?
Hashish is (or was, at least…I don’t know about now) commonly chewed.
I have always said that I would try it if it were chewable…
Michael Starks writes in his 1977 book Marijuana Potency (And/Or Press, Berkeley, CA) that eaten mj is one-third as potent as smoked mj. This is due in part to poor absorption of the THC in the intestine.
However, he says, “Don’t forget that most THC is present in the orally inactive acid form. Consequently it should first be finely pulverized and well-baked in an oven in order to decarboxylate the acid” [to THC.]
Michael Starks’s chemical and historical studies were done in many parts of the world where anti-marijuana laws are either absent or widely ignored. In referring to his book, I do not advocate or encourage you, our reader, to violate any laws in your locality.
We are discussing hypothetical situations, in this thread.
There’s nothing quite like having cotton mouth when you’re trying to spit.
Hehe… “well-baked”
Just had to point out the appropriateness of that phrase.
Oh if memory serves I’d ask for a definite cite on this one. I seem to remember eating it made one feel elated from your head to your toes and lasted much much longer…
As for the OP - I do not think that would be a very clean indulgence.
Phlosphr,
IMO (strictly hypothetically, of course) you’re right on the effects. But it takes MUCH more to do it.
1g smoked for me is a powerhouse dose.
1g eaten for me (and decarboxylated with heat first) is also wonderful as described above, but not nearly as strong.
Knowledge I would have gained if I was into such things of course… 
I have chewed on some wonderful brownies before…
OTOH, sometimes pot can have the opposite effect. (Celery mouth?)
I once did this as a teenager at a rock festival. My throat had become so sore from smoking and drinking that I couldn’t face smoking any more. So I chewed the skunk I had on me and swallowed it. It gave me a terrific stomach ache and did absolutely nothing else.
P.S. For those who are worried about legal status. The festival was in Holland and I would encourage everyone to travel over there and have some great legal non-theoretical fun. But not by chewing it.