I have never smoked anything and don't care to, but...

I am interested in cultivating a small amount of the herb for consumption either by itself or via cooking into food. Are the effects generally the same as if you had smoked the substance and how would I dose it. Are the leaves by themselves a potent source of the chemical responsible for the effects of the herb or is it the bud? What is a bud?

 

A bud is basically a shriveled leaf lol yeah i'd reccomend smoking it first because eating it is more intense and takes alot more.. if you haven't smoked it won't take nearly that much to get you really high anyway, yes the leaf contains THC(gets you high), don't smoke the seeds or stems because they taste really bad.

 

wait dont listen to that eatting takes ALOT LESS
smoke a joint and your high an hour eat a joint and your incredibly high 12 or more hours

smoke 2-3 grams and your pretty high for sure..but still just an hour or so..eat 2-3 grams and ya can be halucinating, barely able to move near comotose for 24 or more hours

when u eat it the effects arre rouyghly 4 times as strong, and last much much much longer

buds are not shriveled up leaves either..lol buds are buds, like any flower buds the buds are source of flowers, marijuana budds grow in clusters
the clusters of buds that the flowers grow out of are reffered to as buds
the leaves contain some thc (the potent substance) but not alot compared with the buds

if you really dont want to smoke, make ganja butter..

or make a tincture (oil or alcahol based) buyt if you do the tincture be careful, they can be extremely strong

 

Don't eat too much the first time, or you'll trip the fuck out. Just my piece

 

I second that...

 

have you thought about using a vaporizor? its not smoking really...

 

Sure it is... smoke is inhaled into the lungs. It's just not heated via a flame but rather ambient hot air. It burns CLEANER.

 

Ok a little picture guide for you.

This is a flowering marijuana plant, the buds you can see are the part that people pick and cure to smoke (or put in food).


This is a single dried bud that any marijuana user would love to smoke (or grind and put in food... whatever).


This is a bud like that ^ all ground up and ready to be dumped into brownie mix or put in pesto, whatever.

 

If the vaporizer is set properly, it is not combusting the pot. It is heating it to the point the moisture and THC turn into steam and you inhale that.

Burnt pot turns into ash. Properly vaporized pot is super dried out and slightly toasty. Not burnt at all.

Cheers

 

Man you guys are eating sum mushies cuz eating a half oz of premium mj keeps you at a moderate buzz for like four hours. newbs lol

 

sorry but i registered just to say this:
1. eating a joints worth of weed will most certainly not keep you high 12
hours.
2. eating mj to get high takes way more than just smoking it.
3. ITS NOT ACID, you most likely will not hallucinate.
4. you wont be on your ass for more than 24 hours.
5. not all buds produce flowers, only male plants.

 

Lol I thought soaring eagle was smart?
Personally, if you make firecrackers, then it essentially takes just as much to eat as it does to smoke.