Why does eating/drinking my abv prove ineffective?

[biojuggernaut]

I have no experience with edibles, I would more then def mess up some where along the line. But my question is in the past I have eatin 3 grams of abv and saw little to no effect, but when I create a sample of swamp water it changes that abv into something really potent. Furthermore, why doesn't the vapor water that collects with that duff/avb in the bong mess me up. It poses to have very little influence on me.

 

[AGBeer]

It might be the way your body is processing the actives that are still left in your duff.

Alcohol helps break down/strip the actives so they are more easily absorbed by your body.
When cooking into a fatty substance, these fats are more easily processed by your liver.

While my answers are utterly unscientific, they are what I have gathered over post after post (in laymans terms)

 

[Nycdeisel]

first, those 3gs you ate, how did you eat it? how was it prepared. in the swamp water(alc), how much did you use? what was your dose?

and water does a shit job at absorbing cannabinoids, fyi.

there are always many things to consider, many variables to change, as you can see by the questions that I am asking.