Someone explain edibles to me

[WelshBloke]

IMO keep weed intact (in bud form) until right before you smoke/vape it .... also with the exception of super-dense nugget-like buds I actually prefer to use small very sharp scissors over a grinder. (IMO you want to keep as many of the tiny "crystals" on the buds intact as possible until you use them rather than turn them to dust)

If you decide to "grind" in advance (say for a vape) you might as well just order pre-ground from the dispensary considering (at least here in CT USA) it's FAR cheaper.

The medical cannabis field in the UK is very much not like that in the US, it's much more controlled.
I had to have an initial consultation with a consultant psychiatrist and I have to have monthly or so consultations with a support person to continue my prescriptions. Then the clinic suggests a treatment (what strength and variety of oil or flower) and sends that prescription to a pharmacy and they send that to you. You can't really choose stuff from a shelf.

That said I've been really pleased with the way things have worked even if it's hitting my gadget buttons a bit hard (I've ordered a ridiculously expensive grinder and I'm trying to avoid buying the new Storz and Bickle vape!)

 

[Meghan54]

I am so darn jealous of a lot of y’all. But that’s what I get for living down south. Paying $20/gm for kinda decent weed. Quality is sometimes a little variable, but whatcha gonna do? Can’t afford to live in MA or CT or WA/CA/OR. (And I’ve been a consumer of the substance since 1970…and the Army showed me a huge world of all sorts of stuff.

(My motto while I was in was “I’ll take most anything that doesn’t involve a needle…lol!)

Upside is I live literally one min from a great boat ramp on Lake Hartwell, GA.

Love my boat.


Wish weed was legal. C’est la vie.

 

[WelshBloke]

I am so darn jealous of a lot of y’all. But that’s what I get for living down south. Paying $20/gm for kinda decent weed. Quality is sometimes a little variable, but whatcha gonna do? Can’t afford to live in MA or CT or WA/CA/OR. (And I’ve been a consumer of the substance since 1970…and the Army showed me a huge world of all sorts of stuff.

(My motto while I was in was “I’ll take most anything that doesn’t involve a needle…lol!)

Upside is I live literally one min from a great boat ramp on Lake Hartwell, GA.

Love my boat.
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Wish weed was legal. C’est la vie.

Nice boat!

 

[brianmanahan]

Love my boat.

nice weedboat speedboat!

the recreational marijuana issue in ohio is up for vote in a few weeks, but even if it passes the republican majority will probably repeal it

i qualify for the stuff medically but have never tried to get approval from the doctor. my memory is bad enough as it is.

 

[WelshBloke]

nice weedboat speedboat!

the recreational marijuana issue in ohio is up for vote in a few weeks, but even if it passes the republican majority will probably repeal it

i qualify for the stuff medically but have never tried to get approval from the doctor. my memory is bad enough as it is.

I kinda worried about the memory and motivation thing but I got prescribed a high CBD weed and it's been great. Just a bit of it and I'm pretty motivated and focused. Still pretty stoned if I cane it though.

 

[Meghan54]

Nice boat!

Appreciate

It’s 28 year old fishing boat. Got some new Garmin electronics for her…sitting in my living room. Lol! Getting lazy as I hit 70.

Damn that’s sorta scary…70 certainly means I’m closer to one end of my timeline than the other.

But the boat’s hella fun. 52 mph max I’ve achieved. Love being on the water.

 

[balloonshark]

What's the best way to take RSO? Sublingual? If so how to go about it since it's super sticky? Do you scrape it on the back of your lower teeth and work it down under your tongue? What do you do with it after it's under your tongue for 1 to 2 minutes? Spit it out or chew it until it's gone?

 

[nakedfrog]

IMO keep weed intact (in bud form) until right before you smoke/vape it .... also with the exception of super-dense nugget-like buds I actually prefer to use small very sharp scissors over a grinder. (IMO you want to keep as many of the tiny "crystals" on the buds intact as possible until you use them rather than turn them to dust)

If you decide to "grind" in advance (say for a vape) you might as well just order pre-ground from the dispensary considering (at least here in CT USA) it's FAR cheaper.

Any decent grinder should have a section to catch the kief. I'm not concerned about losing a little potency from the convenience of grinding over using scissors, most cannabis is already plenty potent for me to begin with, and I can always add some kief if I want a little extra boost. But I do grind a week's worth at a go (not much for me, probably like 0.3g), and keep it in a sealed plastic container.

I kinda worried about the memory and motivation thing but I got prescribed a high CBD weed and it's been great. Just a bit of it and I'm pretty motivated and focused. Still pretty stoned if I cane it though.

Yeah, I always mix some higher CBD stuff into my regular blend.

 

[WelshBloke]

What's the best way to take RSO? Sublingual? If so how to go about it since it's super sticky? Do you scrape it on the back of your lower teeth and work it down under your tongue? What do you do with it after it's under your tongue for 1 to 2 minutes? Spit it out or chew it until it's gone?

My oil is pretty runny. It has a carrier oil in it as well as the THC or CBD so you just use a syringe to draw up what you need then squirt it under your tongue and try to keep it sloshing around your mouth for a bit.
Tastes like weed smells but much stronger, I quite like the taste.

 

[nakedfrog]

My oil is pretty runny. It has a carrier oil in it as well as the THC or CBD so you just use a syringe to draw up what you need then squirt it under your tongue and try to keep it sloshing around your mouth for a bit.
Tastes like weed smells but much stronger, I quite like the taste.

Hm, I'm not sure yours is RSO, isn't it more of a tincture? Tinctures taste much, much better than RSO in my experience (limited though it may be). You can't swish the RSO I have, it's pretty viscous.

 

[MrSquished]

edibles give you the munchies at 3am is how I can explain it

 

[balloonshark]

Hm, I'm not sure yours is RSO, isn't it more of a tincture? Tinctures taste much, much better than RSO in my experience (limited though it may be). You can't swish the RSO I have, it's pretty viscous.

Yep. The RSO we tried sticks to your teeth for at least 5 minutes. The dispensaries are new in WV and they didn't bother to tell us how best to consume the RSO.

 

[nakedfrog]

Yep. The RSO we tried sticks to your teeth for at least 5 minutes. The dispensaries are new in WV and they didn't bother to tell us how best to consume the RSO.

I tried it in coffee, I wouldn't do that again. Maybe eaten on a cracker?

 

[balloonshark]

I tried it in coffee, I wouldn't do that again. Maybe eaten on a cracker?

That may not be a bad idea. The bits of cracker should break up and coat the RSO instead of it coating the teeth.

 

[WelshBloke]

Hm, I'm not sure yours is RSO, isn't it more of a tincture? Tinctures taste much, much better than RSO in my experience (limited though it may be). You can't swish the RSO I have, it's pretty viscous.

Yeah. It's not RSO from what I googled. It's a lot more palatable and easy to dose from what I can see. Tastes a lot better as well apparently!

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah. It's not RSO from what I googled. It's a lot more palatable and easy to dose from what I can see. Tastes a lot better as well apparently!

Yeah, my RSO tastes like congealed bong water from a bong that hasn't had the water changed since 1967.

 

[WelshBloke]

Yeah, my RSO tastes like congealed bong water from a bong that hasn't had the water changed since 1967.

From looking my stuff is made in a similar way then diluted in a carrier oil. Definitely doesn't taste as bad as yours sounds. It's pretty expensive though.

 

[WelshBloke]

Unfortunately that thing about cannabis being a gateway drug looks like it's true!

I'm booked into a gong bath on Friday evening.
It's a short step from that to wearing tie dye in the day, then it's getting a flower painted VW .
Before you know it I'll have an overweight friend called Freddy, a chilled friend called Franklin and I'll look like...





Seriously though still enjoying it although all the weaker strains seem discontinued, it's all super high THC low CBD stuff now. I'm considering just buying some CBD flowers and mixing that in.

 

[nakedfrog]

Seriously though still enjoying it although all the weaker strains seem discontinued, it's all super high THC low CBD stuff now. I'm considering just buying some CBD flowers and mixing that in.

That's similar to what I do, but I'm fortunate to have access to decent mixed strains like Star Gazer Myrtle, which is something like 6% THC, 11% CBD that I mix in.
Had to look up "gong bath", that was a new one for me

 

[WelshBloke]

That's similar to what I do, but I'm fortunate to have access to decent mixed strains like Star Gazer Myrtle, which is something like 6% THC, 11% CBD that I mix in.

As a weak strain I had ACDC cookies (which is, I think, 4%THC and 10%CBD) which was really nice, and had a stronger effect than you'd think for that THC %. I kinda like vaping a fair bit of weaker weed rather than a little strong weed.
It's like the difference between a few cold beers and chugging a whiskey.
I have Cannonic now which is 12%THC and 8%CBD. It's ok and I get that it's not that strong but I think that I'm missing the CBD!

Had to look up "gong bath", that was a new one for me

I'm sorting of looking forward to it tbh. I assume that it's going to involve middle aged ladies in kaftans with cool, funky coloured hair!
I shall, of course, be loading up before going in!

 

[nakedfrog]

As a weak strain I had ACDC cookies (which is, I think, 4%THC and 10%CBD) which was really nice, and had a stronger effect than you'd think for that THC %. I kinda like vaping a fair bit of weaker weed rather than a little strong weed.
It's like the difference between a few cold beers and chugging a whiskey.
I have Cannonic now which is 12%THC and 8%CBD. It's ok and I get that it's not that strong but I think that I'm missing the CBD!

I wonder if it's less about the percentages and more about the specific strain and terpene profile. That is still pretty low for THC and not a huge difference in CBD.

 

[WelshBloke]

I wonder if it's less about the percentages and more about the specific strain and terpene profile. That is still pretty low for THC and not a huge difference in CBD.

There's definitely something in that.

I think some of the difference is how you use it though. I can (on a good evening) sit and work my way though the entire S&B dosing caddy (which is 8 dosing pods) with the weaker stuff.
With the stronger one I need to remember to have a 20 minute break between pods and see how it's going so I end up with a lot less CBD in comparison.

 

[MinervaLaw]

I am so darn jealous of a lot of y’all. But that’s what I get for living down south. Paying $20/gm for kinda decent weed. Quality is sometimes a little variable, but whatcha gonna do? Can’t afford to live in MA or CT or WA/CA/OR. (And I’ve been a consumer of the substance since 1970…and the Army showed me a huge world of all sorts of stuff.

(My motto while I was in was “I’ll take most anything that doesn’t involve a needle…lol!)

Upside is I live literally one min from a great boat ramp on Lake Hartwell, GA.

Love my boat.
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Wish weed was legal. C’est la vie.

This guy I like him. Honestly, while I'm down, growers tried to make it way too strong. Then there is your wax, editable and such, which take it over the top. I'm absolutely not an editable guy. I talked to my friend who lives it a "friendly" state and he did editable before a show at RedRock. He said his ears started ringing and he hated the feel. I went to Cali and ended up going to a store and getting Skywalker Kush, i think it was called? It was a 33% THC. We were on a layover from Tokyo in LA. My wife, she doesn't even remember the night. Me, I watched two episodes of Narcos (2nd season in Mexico?). I was waxed and she fell asleep. Needless to say, it didn't need to be THAT strong, jeeze. Guess I'm a noob and was used to the stuff we got in High Times in the 90's that wasn't genetically engineered to destroy you I did end up in canada thought and bout some pre-rolls. I slept great that night!

 

[Captante]

No question about it super-high THC is not the only factor when it comes to top quality weed.

I've had 15% THC bud that got me "higher" than 30% .... additionally IMO the flavor/terpene profile of any flower above 32-33% potency tends to be "one note". (in other words kinda bland IMO)

 

[Muse]

I wish I had some of the first ounce I bought. Whatever was in it I don't know but it was dynamite. Removed seeds and stems early, introduced some people, got high on it for ~2 years.