JUst got back from Colorado 2 weeks ago. Yes, the potency of the edibles is too high. 2 small jelly berries were sufficient to have music completely usurp the interior of my skull. And I had the misfortune of under-guesstimating how many actual 10 mg segments were in that melted lump I decided to down after we got out of Nebraska (I lost all sensation of having a body, becoming pure awareness in a 360 degree sphere). Now for ME, someone who is 55 years old, has experienced acid, speed, coke, mushrooms, etc, a panic attack can be managed. I can simply tell myself this is a bad trip and that in one to several hours it'll be over. But for a newbie, for a child, this could be a traumatizing event. They can't recognize the markers, nor know that it will really be over soon. They could very well end up in the ER. So I'm equivocal about the edibles. I don't think they'll really hurt anybody, but the subjective experience of a panic attack is extremely frightening. I wouldn't want to see children consuming these (and it would be really easy to mix up those berry gummies with regular berry gummies), or even adults who haven't been educated as to how to use them.
Ooooh, those look good. I love the gummies.I guess this is kinda the edible thread, so I thought I'd share my recent pickup. Best edible I've gotten from a dispensary:
My tolerance has dropped recently but I still get impressively stoned from just eating 5-6 of them. They taste great too!
There's a difference between it being too high in general, and it being too high for you. And that's beside the fact that there's thousands of options with different doses.
True Jared. But it's a part of my point, so I'm glad you raised the subjective aspect. Since it depends on the person, I think it's even more important to keep dosages low, especially for products that could be easily mistaken for candy. The effects of higher dosages are just too unpredictable.
Yup, those are it. I must have an extremely low tolerance because 20 mg (the 2 berries) was more than enough for me.
Do you mean these? I took 6, it wasn't enough. Plus I was over charged I paid $25. I see other places it's about $15 - $18. They have wonderful herb at their dispensary, so it's cool. Make sure you shop and get the best price. Ten mg per candy. Most folks with high tolerances go a bit higher I hear. Maybe 80-100mg? Everybody is different. Go slow with edibles, only you know how much.
Why should someone with a higher tolerance be forced to eat possibly 100 times as much candy or food in order to feel the same effects as someone with a lower tolerance? Why can't adults just be adults, and read the labels? There are different doses for a reason. Also the "mistaking it for candy" thing is absurd in my opinion. Parents and adults should be responsible enough to keep marijuana infused products out of the reach of children and in a labeled container or package.
If I had two of those bags I'd be unconscious. lol
I recognize the good sense of what you're saying and for myself personally I see nothing wrong with THC packaged in whatever form (as long as it's labeled). But this is the thing: when it comes to public safety we usually err on the side of being more careful. It may be an inconvenience for you to have to consume several bags of edibles to get the same high as just a couple pieces. But a couple pieces might send a child to the emergency room of the local hospital. Convenience won't trump safety (or perceived safety). It's like putting a child lock cap on a bottle of tylenol. It might be a pain for adults to open the bottle, but we recognize that we just have to make it as hard as possible for kids to get a hold of these medications. In the same way, a kid is much less likely to eat a whole bag of candy right away than a couple pieces.
Well that's good! Wow, if I ate one of those things, well I guess I already said I'd be unconcious, but who knows? Maybe an acid trip? That is a lot of THC. I bet in the future there will be a 'top shelf' kind of product that will be super saturated. Like a high end high alcohol content vodka it probably wouldn't be marketed as bubble gum.
I had that experience with the chocolates. The first time I tried them I ate two pieces. It wasn't bad. The second time I had the equivalent of two pieces but it had melted and then hardened (after I put it in the fridge). The second time was the bad trip (it was actually worse than the time I consumed 10 mushrooms in Jamaica and got super paranoid, hearing the spirits of dead jellylfish tell me that I should avoid any American made light fixtures). I wondered later if the fat content (which acts as the medium and catalyst for the THC) was of uniform consistency in the chocolate. Other variables were more obvious; i was tired and hungry before eating it the second time or maybe there were double the pieces in the melted lump and I didn't know it.
The potential safety of people who shouldn't be ingesting this stuff isn't more important than my freedom
Ok....(and I like that you're challenging me btw because I really have to dig into why I'm feeling and thinking as I do) I'll present to you a scenario. There are two cute little red candy berries on the table next to two pills. If you're a kid, which would you rather pop in your mouth? And which do you assume is candy if you're old enough to know the difference? When I was growing up a pill was a pill. You didn't take it unless you absolutely knew what it was. Even today if I find a pill in the house I study it. I want to know exactly what it is, how it got there, if it should be tossed out, etc. You could say it's guilty until proven innocent. It's the other way around with the gummies and chocolates. I first assume, as my children would also assume, that it's only candy. It only gets to be 'guilty' after I eat it and find out that space has contracted and time has slowed down. By then, of course, it's too late.Your safety isn't more important than my freedom
And about the whole kids getting a hold of it thing.....I guess prescription pills shouldn't be a thing either. Kids might get a hold of them and think they're tic-tacs! And it only takes 1 of those in some cases to kill a child!
The potential safety of people who shouldn't be ingesting this stuff isn't more important than my freedom
I mean it does say it has cannabis in it right on the package and not for children and it does have the little two snakes medical symbol. I find it very far fetched to think that package wouldn't get you stoned.
Oh no common sense over load.
