Edibles--Use with Caution

In the early 70's, I made a batch of brownies with an oz of Columbian Gold (the really good stuff with chocolate center and gold trim).
I had 3 friends over for a steak cookout.
Well we did not fully know how long it actually took to come on.
We each had 2 brownies......after 1 hour.....felt nothing......we decided o finish off the batch.
THEN about 30 minutes later the first 2 brownies started to come on.
We felt great for a little while and decided to cook the steaks on the grill.

Well.....while we were cooking steaks the rest of the brownies came on.
My body felt like it was turning to concrete.
We all passed out for about 4-6 hours.

Still very stoned.
Oh yea.....the steaks are on the grill.

Steaks were small pieces of charcoal.

This thread is a trip lol.

I have a tale to add. About 7 years ago I was living in another part of the country and was back in my hometown visiting a friend. I knew he was into cannabis and asked him to make me some pot brownies.

We had some takeout and then I consumed a Starbucks sized brownie.

Couple hours in feeling fine, finished a Skype chat with my girlfriend back at my place. Got up to use the facilities and when I was on the can I got the giggles but they rose like a tidal wave to where I thought I would choke on them.

Once I struggled back to the couch I was blasted out my mind. Walls bending, my buddy seemed like a cartoon character. I wanted to go to the hospital, heart racing through my chest. I had ingested wayyyy to much as a non-cannabis user, my friend felt awful but luckily I slept most of it off.

I'm looking forward to making some edibles with ABV but will most definitely be sticking to one receipe and starting small. Actually most excited to try cannabutter with tea as a beverage first.

Memories....
I made some pot brownies for a party, circa 1980. They were stronger than I thought.
Later someone says to me, did you see Eddie leave with his wife and crawl out to his car, he had 4 of the brownies.

MinnBobber said:

crawl out to his car

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Sounds like me. I'm more than amazed I'm still alive after so many opportunities to blow this Mortal Coil through the years.... I never thought I would see 60.

I tend to not cook with my coconut oil, instead dosing it with small (1/4-1/2 tsp) spoons. I like to take small doses on an hourly basis, so that the effect does not hit me all at once.

Jon Do said:

I tend to not cook with my coconut oil, instead dosing it with small (1/4-1/2 tsp) spoons. I like to take small doses on an hourly basis, so that the effect does not hit me all at once.

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Might I ask how you prefer to do that? Scoop out a dose and down the hatch or do you mix it with something?

at first, i would put it on little bits of a piece of bread (keep one in a sandwich bag, make it last all day) but now I really don't care and just swallow it or wash it with water.

for me, it's not how strong the edibles get, but not being surprised out of seeming nowhere 45 min later by getting hit like a brick wall. hence, multiple small doses.

I find that simply mixing my abv with olive oil and leaving it aging in a mason jar works for me. I usually use this to compliment my vaping sessions, to make the buzz last a whole lot longer. Doesnt taste that bad, once you get over the olive oil taste, its a nice roasted flavor.

Its great for sleep!!!

I used to make some edibles by using heat, but I just got too damn high to do anything, I would just laydown and watch t.v. and a whole day vanishes into thin air.

I found that just using the olive oil and abv because for me edibles that I heat up, I find that it dumbs me down in a way. By using this mix, I can get where I need to be and if I go over my limit, I dont have to worry that I will be stuck there for 6+ hours.

We had been modest tokers for many months when I asked my then boyfriend if I could saute in butter and eat some fan leaves. He said I would probably have to eat a lot to feel anything. I was bored, so I ate what looked like a small portion of cooked spinach to make sure it would be interesting. An hour later I felt just a bit cozy, so we settled on the couch to watch Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love. The start of the film is abstractly visual bands of watery colors, which triggered me to start tripping my ass off. Every detail of the film was a direct message to me from the universe. I could not stop thinking about glass toilet plungers as I lay wide awake beside my snoring boyfriend hours later. I started panicking and ran to the bathroom screaming I've poisoned myself. Boyfriend staggered in and handed me a big glass of water. Make yourself puke and remember nodody ever died from an overdose of pot, he said. The first few hurls were dark green, and I mean that evil shade that sharks loom up out of. But I immediately started coming back down. In some circles I will forever be known as the girl who ate a whole bag of shake because she was bored.

Jesus how much did you eat for that to happen.?

kellya86 said:

Jesus how much did you eat for that to happen.?

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When it was fried in butter it was like four tablespoons of fan leaf. I think it was from 3 small indicas that were lollipopped. We really did not think fan leaves would have so much potency when lightly cooked for only 10 minutes in butter. The bad part about getting too high on edibles is the total panic that sets in after the fun wears off and vomiting may not be timely enough. Panic that lasts hours is unimaginable until it happens. It taught me a new kind of patience for determining correct dose. I no longer worry if the first test dose is inadequate leaving the remaining amount also inadequate. I am always grateful for an effect however mild.

I understand the panic and being stuck on the ride for hours. Iv had a couple of acid trips go bad in my youth so I get that.
Think I may go cook some fan leaves up later. Got a whole box of trim in freezer doing nothing.

I once, on accident mind you, poisoned my father in law with a great pan of pot brownies. He was living with us and I worked 3rd shift at the time,when I came home he was still home from wk sick which he NEVER missed wk. I immediately looked in that great pan of brownies and sure enough a big piece was missing. No bull shit poor guy thought he was having a stroke. I went to try and reassure him his face was Not drooping on one side and I was able to talk him into sleeping it off. Kind of. I felt terrible because I truly like this man. And I couldn't help but wished it would of been the mother in law instead. Sorry that last part while true probably shouldn't of put it in writing.

A long time ago, 25+years, I made some brownies out of 1/4 oz of red seal. Proper red seal. Sat around, myself and four others, for about 30 minutes waiting. Nothing. Ten minutes later I had the most intense pins and needles in my stomach which spread up my spine and into my skull. It was fukin intense. Very trippy. I had the highest tolerance among us and had to deal with a late comer. I sent him home and three of them split his share and they said it was too much.
@HD Springer my buddy made some and one of his friends helped themselves. Blind panic, locked themselves in the house and gave him hell when it wore off.
Caution is best with edibles eat and wait, and wait until your sure.