Now that pot is legal in my state, I'm inclined to try to use it. I don't smoke, so I won't smoke it, but I will try it in some other form such as a cookie or brownie. Since I do view it as a medicine (epileptics and people dying of cancer or AIDS have said they have benefited from it) that acts as a calmative and relaxant, I can't see any harm in it. Willie Nelson and a travel guide on one of our local TV stations use it, and I don't see that they're impaired or dysfunctional. I have a couple of questions, however.
If you're depressed, stressed or anxious, will it help control or get rid of those feelings?
How long does the "high" last? (I guess it would depend on how much you take.)
An anonymous person who takes it said pot makes her feel giddy and silly. Is that the normal reaction for most pot users?
I suppose it is addictive. Were any of you able to stop it "cold turkey"?
It's one thing to read anecdotes and another to just try it. It's not like snorting a huge rail of cocaine, it's just marijuana. I wouldn't eat it the first time either. Smoke it for sure. Shorter duration, quicker onset, allows you to assess tolerance WAY better.
Eating marijuana can feel like nothing for some people. Or you'll feel nothing, then suddenly it's a roller coaster that climbs and climbs with no pinnacle. You get sky high (no pun intended) and it's way too uncomfortable. Even a veteran like myself has "greened out" and felt absolutely nauseated from eating too high of a dose. That's why I like smoking. If you're going to consume edibles, find the right dose and then divide up your baked goods so they can be frozen. It's so easy to make it that I don't recommend buying it. You can get trim from a grower, put it in a crock pot with butter and water and simmer it for 8 hours. Strain it and put it in the fridge. When the fat solidifies, poke a hole and drain out the water from underneath. Heat it on a stove so it breaks down and is liquid again, then put it in a glass jar and freeze it.
Whenever you need to cook with it, just add the butter into your recipe and you're golden. I standardize mine to match the fat required for a batch of brownies. 60ml of my butter will go into a batch of brownies and I'll cut it up into about 40 pieces. Each piece gets me just the right amount of medicine to kill my nausea and migraines. Smoking is a lot faster, but these last a long time and it's easy to pop a piece in my mouth at work or at school without having to puff anything. I carry an epen to vaporize. Smoked marijuana is awesome, but I live around too many kids and I don't like blowing it all over the neighborhood if it can be helped. I have a license by the way, but I don't like to be flagrant (again, no pun intended) and flaunt it around like a dickhead. Some people don't appreciate the smell and others think it'll kill their brain cells, so I usually vape or eat a brownie. Pretty simple stuff. Doesn't get you all fucked up and giggly like most people think. You just feel relaxed; think a little more abstract; short-term memory can suck; tastes and smells have more depth and complexity (thereby making food taste way more interesting); and you can laugh a bit more easily. People think a puff will send you over the moon and you can't stop laughing like an asshole, but that's just in first-timers or immature kids. No one can ever tell if I've used it in any form.
