So, here in Denver we make cannabis available in all its forms (suppositories? Yep, that too). Flowers test at about 30% THC. Distillate cartridges (e.g. smoking via a vape pen) run about 75-90% THC. It also doesn’t reek. So I’m a distillate user.
The only problem is that it kills my tolerance. Like others have said, I’ll probably never be as stoned as I was in college when my teeth were numb and I could just “sense” why Phil Simms was better than Dan Marino while talking to my friend, the Giants fan.
Now, it’s just a nice way to relax and unwind. In truth, I’d be better off if I could limit myself to once a week, but life demands more frequent joy than that.
That’s impressive. 20-25% is about where it tops out here in Canada from what I’ve seen.
Distillates are quite nice. Small, discreet but potentially a lot of punch.
Edibles can’t get you there? That potmilk Grrr mentioned is something. Otherwise, didn’t Denver decriminalize magic mushrooms? If combining pot edibles with mushrooms doesn’t work then, yeah, your tolerance might be too high.
You’re probably right. 30% would be on the high end for flower potency.
I’m not a fan of edibles. I like the ‘mental spark’ of a Sativa; edibles are more of a body high.
There’s no doubt that mushrooms would get me high. But while they are decriminalized, they are not openly for sale, and I’m not looking to grow my own.
I’m currently on Day 21 of a planned 35-day T-break. Before going off (which has sucked balls, let’s not mince words) I was a nightly smoker. But I got to where I needed to smoke half a cartridge of my vape pen to get even a slight buzz (that’s an exaggeration, but you get my point).
I’m hoping that when I start using again (15 August can’t come soon enough), the magic will be back.
A collective decision made by me and Mrs. Homie. We arbitrarily decided on 15 August because that’s when school starts in our town (not that we have kids enrolled there or anything – again, arbitrary). That means 35 days from when I put it down.
I’m a bit of a weed luddite. I know the vaporizers and oils and wax and whatever are cool and they have their uses, but I just can’t bring myself to buy any of that shit. Whenever I use a friends’ high-tech weed stuff, I can’t help feeling a little like a crackhead. I’m still perfectly good with bowls and jays. Weed-smoking isn’t yet broken for me that I need to seek a solution.
Once it’s legal federally and can be shipped through the mail, some enterprising businessman is going to come up with a weed subscription box. Every month on the 20th, you get a few flowers of this strain, a few flowers of that strain, some edibles, a pre-filled vape pen. Curated just for you!
I previously mentioned seeing marijuana suppositories. There’s also ointments for pain which I haven’t tried, but I gave a jar to my mom, who is dealing with cancer, and she swears by it. She told me that the pain in her arm went away as she rubbed the cream on her skin. I am perplexed how it could be so effective, but I take her at her word.
And in the world of delivery systems, I recently saw an inhaler for sale (like what an asthma user would use). Also, THC infused gum. I haven’t tried either one.
This made me realize: Does anyone notice any significant differences in edibles according to type of strain? I’m guessing that commercially-available edibles use whatever happens to be the cheapest material around and that it will take some time before you see strain-specific high-quality edibles. Definitely worth it, though. That mental spark Moriarty mentions can be amplified into a bit of a blaze.
It’s been several months since I’ve had professionally-made edibles in my possession, so my memory may be (heh) hazy. But I don’t think the packaging mentioned being made with this strain or that strain.
And FWIW, when I bought edibles at a Denver dispensary, I asked the budtender which strains they were made with. She just shrugged and said, “Weed.”
It’s a pain for me because the feds and the states aren’t in agreement. Medical marijuana is now legal here in the Arkansas but my company still tests new hires as well as randomly selecting employees for testing each month. Someone who tests positive for THC will be denied employment even if they have a cannabis card (if they have a prescription we’ll never find out if they have THC in the system because the MRO will send the results back to us as negative) and current employees will need to go to mandatory counseling with our Employee Assistance Plan and be subject to drug testing for a period of time. Because of the nature of our business all of our employees are classified as handling sensitive data so under state law we don’t have to keep those on THC employed. Once the feds come around I think our company policy will change but until then this is where we are.
I dislike marijuana mainly because I just can’t stand the way it smells. When I visited Seattle I kept running into people who smelled like ass at all times of the day. 7:30 in the morning. Seriously, who the hell is getting high at 7:30 in the morning in a public space? But to be fair I have the same problem with heavy tobacco users. I can walk through my office and know one of my coworkers recently went by because I can smell her.
But on the flip side I’m very happy pot is headed towards legalization. Having lived next to alcoholics and pot heads I’ll pick the latter over the former. I’ve never had a pot head wake me up at 3:00 a.m. threatening to kill his wife like my alcoholic neighbor did. And I think arresting people for pot use has been a big waste of time, money, and has eroded our rights over the years. And, who knows? If I ever got sick enough I’d probably be willing to try marijuana in an edible form.
That’s the main non-self-interested reason I’m in favor of legalization. Within a decade, we’re going to see a reduction in violent crime, especially among young men where it will have the most impact. Getting drunk will eventually be seen the same way that cigarette smoking is today and rightly so.