Cannabis Vodka?

With my 21st birthday approaching, I've been ogling this variety pack, planning to order it the very hour I turn 21. Thing is, it comes with this little bottle of what they call cannabis vodka.
http://www.absinthesupply.com/products/cannabis-vodka.html
What's this stuff do to you? Are the seeds just so they can say there's pot in it? I've always been wary of mixing drugs, so this makes me a tad nervous...

 

never had it..i hate alcahol and vodka is nasty

but ive had a marijuana meade that had marijuasna and stinging thistle and stuff in it that was soooooooooooooo good

 

ok just read it, total scam
it only contains the seeds not the herb
therefore it is only adding protein
mauybe lil flavor
but contains no thc
calling it canabisvodokais a sle gimmiconly
it could be called hemp seed vodka..or, just vodka
the hemp seedsadd practicly nothing to the formiulaabut name.. and a lil protein

ya were ripped off

 

Hahaha, actually that's kind of comforting. I don't like mixing drugs. I wasn't getting it for the cannabis- it just comes in the absinthe variety pack. I know nothing about cannabis, though, so thanks for the insight!

 

cannabis is pot. I'm sure that you know SOMETHING about pot, unless you live under a rock and don't talk to anyone. and getting twisted, or mixing pot and alcohol, is actually pretty popluar.

 

I think she was trying to figure out whether it was an actual tincture but, I don't believe the seeds will actually leach out any cannabanoids.


FROM ZE ERROWID!
One may extract the active ingredients from marijuana using alcohol and then use this tincture to make a potent drink. The highest proof alcohol available should be used, preferably 190 proof grain alcohol, since the water in the alcohol will dissolve other chemicals in the marijuana that one wishes to avoid. Some suggest soaking the grass in warm water for a period to remove those chemicals but that presents a whole host of other and is not really recommended. One may simply place the marijuana into a bottle of grain alcohol and let the canabanoids leach out, but this takes 2-3 weeks of time. A faster method is to heat the alcohol to sub-boiling and stir in the marijuana. Great deal of care should be taken if this method is chosen as the alcohol is highly flammable. The resulting tincture, often called "Green Dragon", is a light to emerald green liquid, which can be drunk straight, but this is not recommended. Highly lauded is a drink of 3 parts lemon lime soda, 1 part green dragon and a dollop of honey served over ice.

 

btw, they dont make real absinthe that would be available in the States anymore, I believe they use a different variety of wormwood that has no hallucinogenic properties.
I think we're the only only country it is still illegal in.

 

lol we legalized absinthe a while ago

 

It was banned in most "western" countries until the 90s. The US is only one of the more recent to deregulate it.
feeverte.net

 

well can you give me info on the wormwood. I've been told that there are different variants of the wormwood and that the absinthe that comes to the United States has few properties similar to its heyday in france.

 

From the wiki:

It is once again legal to produce and sell absinthe in practically every country where alcohol is legal, the major exception being the United States, but as of 2007 absinthe’s "banned status" in the States is changing, and two brands, Lucid and Kübler, began to be sold openly within the U.S. Laws concerning other absinthes are still unclear because it is not technically illegal to possess or consume other brands of absinthe in the United States. In 2007, St. George Absinthe Verte from St. George Spirits of Alameda, California became the first brand of American-made absinthe legally produced and sold in the U.S. in nearly a century.[35][36]


Absinthe has long been believed to be hallucinogenic. This belief got a contemporary boost in the 1970s when a scientific paper mistakenly reported thujone was related to THC, the active chemical in marijuana, which has hallucinogenic properties.[38] Martin Paul Smith incorrectly argued that absinthe had narcotic effects due to the fermentation process in early 2008.[39]
Ten years after his 19th century experiments with wormwood oil, the French Dr. Magnan studied 250 cases of alcoholism and claimed that those who drank absinthe were worse off than those drinking ordinary alcohol, and that they experienced rapid-onset hallucinations.[40]
Such accounts by absinthe opponents were embraced by its most famous users, many of whom were bohemian artists or writers. In one of the best known accounts of absinthe drinking, Oscar Wilde described the feeling of having tulips on his legs after leaving a bar.[41] Two famous painters who helped popularize the notion that absinthe had powerful psychoactive properties were Toulouse Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh (who suffered from mental instability throughout his life).
Today it is known that absinthe does not cause hallucinations, especially ones similar to those described in 19th century studies. Thujone, the supposed active chemical in absinthe, is a GABA antagonist and, while it can produce muscle spasms in large doses, there is no evidence that it causes hallucinations. It has been speculated that reports of hallucinogenic effects of absinthe may have been due to poisonous chemicals being added to cheaper versions of the drink in the 19th century, to give it a more vivid colour.[42]
However, the debate over whether absinthe produces effects on the human mind additional to those of alcohol has not been conclusively resolved. The effects of absinthe have been described by some artists as mind opening. The most commonly reported experience is a 'clear-headed' feeling of inebriation — a form of 'lucid drunkenness'. Some modern specialists, such as chemist, historian and absinthe distiller Ted Breaux, claim that alleged secondary effects of absinthe may be caused by the fact that some of the herbal compounds in the drink act as stimulants, while others act as sedatives, creating an overall lucid effect of awakening.[43]
Long term effects of low absinthe consumption in humans remain unknown, although it is known that the herbs contained in absinthe have both painkilling and antiparasitic properties.


Well shit.
I Always Thought That Dogs Laid Eggs, And I Learned Something Today!

 

That was a lot to read but now I know that much more about something.

 

Yea, I didn't know most of that, and even believed some of the things it says it could do. I'll have to read a bit more than from just wiki but hmmm.. There's a really good show on the history channel about absinthe.

 

if you read about absinthe on erowid, it tells you that absinthe is not actually a hallucinogen, and neither is thujone, the active chemical in wormwood. i don't remember exactly what it is or what it does, but, i do know it's not a hallucinogen.

 

Thanks everyone who replied. I can't express how happy I am that the ban was lifted. When I first started researching it, I was sure it would never be lifted in my lifetime...
Yeah, I just read an article about how absinthe was never really psychotropic (apparently proven by a study on some real ancient vintage absinthe). The weird effects were blamed on alcoholism and the fact that most absinthe made in Europe at the time of Van Gogh was 140 proof. The thujone may have altered the drunk a bit, but it didn't have enough of an effect to really constitute it as a hallucinogen.

LOL, wow, that's incredibly helpful. Yes, I know about pot, and to tell you the truth, I don't give a damn what's popular. Mixing alcohol and energy drinks is also popular. Doesn't make it incredibly stupid and irresponsible. You do what you like. I have a heart condition and a bit of a brain injury. I'd rather play it safe if that's all right with you.

 

I was pointing out that cannabis=pot. a lot of people don't know that. I assume you didn't, because of your blatant contradiction within this thread.

I was saying that you don't need to worry about mixing herb and booze as much as, say, mdma and cocaine. it being popular shows that it at least doesn't kill you.

 

No, what I meant was I know nothing about this particular preparation. It didn't make sense to me that marijuana is illegal in this country, and yet cannabis vodka is. Thus, something had to be up. I apologize for not being very clear on this point. But yes, I've been on this board enough, hung out with enough potheads, and watched enough Cheech and Chong movies to know what cannabis is. :tongue:

I understand what you're saying, but what I was trying to say is, just because people do it and survive doesn't make it good for you. I'm not risking my health to get high or get buzzed. If that were the case, I would have tried LSD long ago, but because it would speed out my heart (I even have to watch how much chocolate I eat or I could go into cardiac arrest because of the caffeine) I've abstained.

 

if you want cannabis vodka, just make it yourself. ive seen many articles on google on making it

 

I didn't know that, but yeah, I'm not really looking for it. It comes in a little trial pack of absinthes from the website I posted in the OP. I just wanted the absinthe really.

 

i've had cannabis absinthe that i bought in Tenerife. that shit wa damn gooood.