But I used to make these cookies -- I used 500mg of finely ground herb per cookie. That's about what's in a decent sized joint. I tell you, one of those will get you mind-fucked stoned all day. Far more than you get out of a joint.

Well, you don't put the herb in the cookie. You put some butter and water in a pot, add the finely dried and ground herb and simmer for 22 hours. The water is essential -- it keeps the butter from getting too hot and vaporizing all the THC. Then you just need to separate the water and butter by pouring it in a bowl and letting it cool down in the freezer.

I used to not get high at all out of cannabis edibles, because I would just use butter, and it got too hot and ruined the THC. You can also do it using straight butter and a double boiler setup. Whatever. It's just easier to use butter & water.

People would tell me I was wasting my weed. Blah blah blah bullshit. You get every last drop of THC when you eat it. It doesn't go up in smoke. You can eat one before a flight and stay high for 8 hours. You can eat one before a concert where you may not be able to smoke or vape (Yoshi's, for example).

Farrah -- have you tried vaporizers? They're great. I can get more highs out of the same amount than smoking. The benefit vs. eating is the quick onset.

It's easy on the lungs and throat. It's pretty obvious -- it's so much easier to clean a vaporizer than getting all the tar and shit out of a pipe. After 6 months of using the same vaporizer bag, I have to change it, more because the THC vapors start to collect on the bag as an oily residue. There's no tar or anything in the bag. The bag is sticky with THC oil, and needs to be changed simply because it doesn't expand anymore...

I totally am considering getting the card. My concern is being on a list somewhere, but I figure HIPAA would prevent this. These are your medical records, and they must be private.

That said, I worry that if I get diagnosed with, say, lung cancer 10 years from now, health insurance will say -- woops! You have a cannabis card, fuck you, we're not covering you. They will use any loophole to get you uninsured when you're actually sick. This is mainly why I don't do it.

Sounds easier than some of the scams these lazy dead-beats deploy to get SSI...

Thanks, Eddie/Elvis

For now, I will keep doing it on the down low...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATFS_ySBG3A

The edibles are MUCH more potent in my experience (or maybe I just ate too much) and I'll never choose them again over smoking...it's a different high for sure.

Gossamer

Summer -- I think you gave up too easily. The first time one gets stoned, it's pretty trippy. Since I was into such experiences, I loved it. It felt like Super Mario Bros to me. But quite quickly, you will develop a tolerance, but will still get the pain/nausea relief effects.

If you quit for some time (like I did for 3 years) and come back, it's like that all over again. I literally had one puff off a pipe and was knocked on my ass. Within 2-3 days, I was back to a somewhat normal tolerance. Within a few months, back to normal.

I have friends that smoke from when they wake up to when they go to sleep, and they do complicated work -- engineering, etc. They do fine. Well, one of them has weed induced narcolepsy. I personally stopped doing the all day weed extravaganza, because it does make me feel like I need a nap. That's a great thing if you start at 9pm, though...

If you ever decide to do it again, pack a very small bowl and just take one hit... Wait a few minutes, and if that wasn't enough take another.

The rate at which you get high can really change the experience. Take it slow and you'll do fine. Look at it like sipping a fine wine.

I like the bag-inflation vaporizers (Extreme, Volcano, etc). They're super clean, easy to use, and you can take it slow. If I conjure up a thick bag of vapors, the thing I do to avoid "vape rape" is to take a small puff, wait 2 minutes, take another small puff. It may take me 10 minutes to finish a bag.

I call it "vape rape" because when I first got one, I blew up a huge, thick bag (the first "green" run will do that) and I sucked it down like chicken mc nuggets. I was too high -- very unpleasant but not dangerous. You cannot fatally overdose on weed. So even someone like me, with lots of experience and tolerance, can get too high.

There's a good in-between... A nice, functional buzz that alleviates pain.

With my current H1N1 swine flu, it's been quite helpful. I haven't puked at all and it seems to relieve the sinus pain and irritation. I don't take cold/flu medicines unless I absolutely need to (like if I got sick and had an important meeting I couldn't miss). Cold/flu medicines tend to make colds last longer (and this swine flu has had me sick as fuck for a good week). Fevers are your friend (within a certain range). They make it hot for the virus, and that's why you get a fever. The virus can't survive if the body is too warm.

I just go for lots of fluids and lots of nutrition -- V8, diluted fruit juice, green tea. Green tea is AMAZING for flus and colds. Just make a nice, tall glass of strong iced green tea, and wow... It works better than any cold medicine.

One reason I don't like cold medicine is that it doesn't do much for me. Sudaphed and whatnot -- I still feel miserable. Then there's the toxicity. Acetominophen (Tylenol) is hella toxic to the liver. Ibuprofen and aspirin are bad for the stomach. Naproxem Sodium has a heart attack risk. All for what? I still have a throbbing headache! It does more harm than good.

Green tea is probably even better than weed in that respect. It's been my #1 flu remedy. I suck down a lot of it -- probably 6 cups in a day. When it's freshly brewed and immediately iced down, it is rich in anti-oxidants, and the iced coolness really hits that "brain freeze" nerve and cools off my head big time.

The reason why green tea works is that flu/cold viruses release toxins that cause inflammation. That's a big reason you feel like shit. The EGCG in green tea is a powerful anti-oxidant that completely negates the damage of the virus toxins. It really works, better than anything I have ever tried. No cold medicines address the underlying issue of inflammation caused by virus toxins. Green tea is inflammation's worst enemy.

Perhaps the pot is more for enjoying daytime television... Which is pretty much un-enjoyable. Praise the Lord for On Demand and Netflix.

Oh and it keeps me from puking...

bottom line, you will absolutely walk with proper documentation given your circumstances.

in the bay area,you can find doctors these days for about $80-$100 out the door.

This place claimed to give free legal advice if you ever get in trouble with the law. The legal service was BS, they never returned my call. $130/1 year prescription.

The gave me a certificate with copy of my drivers license on it, along with some wallet sized approval certificates. You just show the dispensary the certificate.

They all look the same with your eyes closed.

Would really appreciate if you can inbox the clinic details for an fellow monger

Thank you.