I know you can bake marijuana into brownies. Can you brew it as a tisane (herbal tea)?
It’s possible… had a friend who would drink the water out of his bong after smoking (eeeeewwwwww). I mean, if he could do that, I can’t see why it can’t be done in an infusion. But, I seriously doubt that the effects would be as strong as complete ingestion.
I found a few references to marijuana tea; here’s a page with a recipe, along with a few other good recipes:
http://www.skunkyenterprises.com/recipe.html
Mamma O, who grew up in rural Western Massachusetts and had relatives all over the area, states that the old ladies used to brew up some hemp tea on a regular basis. I’ve done that exactly once, and the same with brownies. My personal preference is for double boiling, keeping the oil/butter/margarine out of contact with the water completely. Certainly packed a big punch when the college roomies and I chowed down! Will have to try that tea recipe next time I come home from a business trip. 
matt_mcl
You haven’t lived until you have had Ganja Milkshakes (not making this up).
Of course you can make tisane – but the kick is not as instantaneous. The best way to get the flavour out, is as follows:
Get fresh water – bring to boil. Use only the amount you are drinking – i.e. just put in two cups (plus one for evaporation) in the pan if you are intending to have two cups of tea.
Boil in a saucepan – not a kettle.
Bring to boil – add the leaves.
Add two Almonds (Don’t know why, but it does make a diff. Incidentally, # cups = # Almonds)
Add the big G. If using fresh leaves skip next step.
Simmer for 30 seconds or so (just before froth)
Take off heat. Cover and let sit for 1 min. Drain. (Keep residue – for later hehehe)
Share and Enjoy
The flavour is nice and not particularly pungent. Tastes sort-of like a well-mowed lawn – is as close I can come to describing flavour.
Effects – well, the effects are very very very mellow – but definitely there.
The milkshakes are something else. Kick on them like a hundred mules and it sorts of creeps up on you. Three days later you may get some feelings back in the extremities.
I found a delightful little restaurant in Amsterdam a few years back, where I had a mid-afternoon snack of marijuana tea, hash banana loaf, and marijuana bon bons. Hooooo, baby!
The thing I liked best about the tea has inhaling the vapors. My nose and most of my face went all tingly.
Overall, the meal was nutritious and delicious.
V.
Whoops… I’ve just gotten an email from a Doper who tells me that THC is not soluble in water, therefore no tea. But since it is fat soluble (which is why it stays in the body so long), you can dissolve it in butter, for example, which is how you make Alice B. Toklas brownies.
I have an old book called “Marijuana Potency,” which claims that marijuana should be heated in some manner before eating it. Otherwise, the book claims, a necessary chemical change won’t happen, and the buzz won’t be as nice.
My friend’s brother once made coffee with bong water (while stoned, of course). Ruined my friend’s coffeemaker. She had to throw it away and get a new one.
Don’t know how widespread it is since I haven’t got there yet, but Lonely Planet reports that in India they make “bhang lassi” or “special lassi” with marijuana in it. They mention that these could also be laced with stronger drugs by more unscrupulous persons. They didn’t give the recipe, though. (Lassi is sort of a yogurt shake drink for those who don’t know.)
panama jack
In the book “A Child’s Garden of Grass”, there is a recipe for marijuana tea. I don’t have the book any more, so I can’t give the proportions, But I remember the last few steps:
Steep for 10 - 15 mins.
Drink tea.
Vomit.
Mild high.