r/Marijuana

I support your recreational use of marijuana, but it is a piss poor solution to medical problems. As a pharmacist with years of training and experience. You can combat me with all the nonsense anecdotal evidence or flawed evidence.

You want to get high? Fine but stop pretending it has medical importance, because it’s inferior to any pharmaceutical pill for its intended indication.

To begin, I'm a Gen X and someone who did not partake in cannabis for over 30 years. Got back into it this last year (age, pain, parent with Alzheimer's, etc) starting with Gummies, which were outstanding then moved to flower and now making my own tinctures regularly.

My question is this: I keep seeing these ads and comments about premium bud/ exclusive bud, that's supposedly so much better, but I am a lightweight THC user. Just a little bit gets me buzzed. Half of a POTV Lobo dose is more than enough and  I rarely vape. My main means of consumption is homemade STRONG tinctures....Using smalls  and essentials and budget weed has been fine. Again, Gen X'r used to 5,6, 7% THC and now with THC being at 20%to 30% it's just so strong so I'm a lightweight.(I do mix type one with type three and four to mitigate that.)

Sorry for the long post, just curious if I need to upscale to premium.....is it worth some extra money for me or just stick with budget?

I do really enjoy the Terpines  and flavor of the dry herb vape, so if they're that much better with premium weed, I guess I'll upgrade. 

For every up vote I will take a toke !

I’ve been stuck thinking about this for a while and i finally decided to talk about it because my own thoughts aren’t helping.

i used to smoke weed a lot for a couple years, like smoking 5+ bowls a day + joints. i quit smoking about 5 months ago till a couple days ago. i decided to smoke a joint, i took 2 not even half puffs off a joint two days ago and the next day i took like 5 puffs off the same joint but took bigger puffs. i did that cause i havent smoked in a bit, but the main reason why im coming on here and taking about this is because im not sure if me smoking weed again is a good idea. ive stopped because i wanted to clear my lungs and help them heal which they have a bit and a bit before i quit it made my anxiety worse and i noticed when i smoked that joint a few days ago i noticed my anxiety got slightly bad but not as much as it did. my main concern though is my lungs and having issues because of weed, ive looked up so many things about weed and comparing it to other substances like alcohol or nicotine to see which is worse for you and isnt recommended. but a lot of people say ones bad but then another person says the other is bad, and it keeps going back and forth and there really isn’t a straight answer to what’s worse or if weed is really that bad for you.

my apologies if what im trying to say isn’t making much sense, i tried to put it in a way that would make somewhat of sense.

i just want someone to tell me if weed is genuinely not good for you and if i should or shouldn’t continue to smoke it again.

also i am aware inhaling any type of smoke into your lungs is generally not good, but i still would like an answer. if anyone can help that would be appreciated.

Seeking advice about keeping my tolerance in check. I’ve been able to go from taking 1000mg in edibles daily to 400mg in edibles daily. It was like a year long process. However, I recently discovered thc drinks. Specifically St.Ides 100mg teas. I like the peach & raspberry. Fruit punch is good too.

Anyway, I switched for 2 weeks just to the drink and realized I could get by with 1 can per day. It’s sorta like alcohol, hits faster and takes way less. I’m zooted from 1/4 of the can and I usually take 200mg 2x a day to be high and stay high.

Do yall think the cans have helped lower my edible dosage? Or same diff bcs the drinks? I haven’t had a physical edible in 13 days. I’m scared to take my normal 200mg I don’t wanna be violently high/sick. But I hate wasting edibles lmfao so if I take 100mg and it doesn’t work I’ll be bummed asf, California is so expensive for ts lmao.

My spouse thinks I need to start at like 20mg?

Loooking for opinions /advice. I’ve been smoking for 25 years but been hooked on edibles for the last 5.

I ran out of hemp wick and I don’t wanna go back to using a lighter, would a toothpick work as a substitute? I can’t imagine there’s anything too harmful in them since they’re made to go in peoples mouths but I wanna hear from a more informed crowd.

I've been smoking for a couple years now and my tolerance has naturally gotten pretty high. I went cold turkey for about 3 or 4 months, and I expected my tolerance to be super low when I started smoking again, but after one or two days of smoking again my tolerance went back to being unreasonably high to where it's much less enjoyable for me because of how much I have to smoke to feel the effects.

What can I do to keep my tolerance sustainable? I'm open to trying basically anything to lower my tolerance so any tips would be appreciated

Recently moved to the state of Georgia, haven’t found a plug yet and looking to get stoned this 4/20. Issue is, i dont have a plug for real flower and even thca and delta 9 are illegal here. For those who like or have used hemp derived cannabinoids to get high, what would you recommend? I think my choices are HHC, delta 8 or delta 10. Obviously id prefer some good flower but that isn’t an option atm. Thank you!

I feel slow what am I missing?

Hi Reddit. I’ve visited several legal states recently, but I always face the same problem: every bud is like 30% THC. For an occasional smoker, that’s a "monster."

Think about it—if your receptors are clean and you're stuck in a hotel, lighting up a 30% straight joint on the street is a recipe for getting lost forever. Edibles are okay, but they lack the "depth" and the ritual.

So, I sat down to discuss with Gemini for a few hours and designed three "Weed Cocktails" using a 1:7:2 Formula:

1/10 - Part "Monster" (The 30% THC spark)

7/10 - Parts "Charlotte" (High-CBD flower or fan leaves—must be great for growers with leftovers)

2/10 - Parts Grocery Store Herbs (The Terpene Booster)

The Collections are:

**1. Hirameki (**閃き - The Flash)

Mix:

1 Monster : 7 Charlotte : 2 Green Tea & Peppermint

Vibe:

Electric and cold. The tea clears the fog. Perfect for knocking out Chapter 1 of a novel.

**2. Satori (**悟り - Enlightened Focus)

Mix:

1 Monster : 7 Charlotte : 2 Hojicha (Toasted Tea) & Rosemary.

Vibe:

Earthy and grounded. Like a "Zen forest fire." Deep thinking mode. Just toast some green tea on a pan for a few minuts to make 'Hojicha".

**3. Madoromi (**まどろみ - The Sweet Slumber)

Mix:

0.5 Monster : 7.5 Charlotte : 2 Chamomile & Roasted Dandelion Root.

Vibe:

A warm, honey-like embrace for the end of the day.

The Request:

Since I’m back in Japan (where regulations are... let's say, intense), I can’t test these myself. I need "Barkeepers" in legal states to try these ratios. I really appreciate it if you can tell me what they are actually like. Arigato.

i personally love making pink joints. there's something really special about using pink papers and pink filters. so today, i'm going all out and making an extra big pink joint to celebrate.

Starting from around the age of 14–15, I smoked weed almost everyday. It was a way of bonding with friends and meeting people.

Everything seemed better when I was high. Watching movies and listening to music was amazing. Jokes were funnier. Food tasted WAY better. Weed gave me this feeling that I was seeing things how they “truly are”. Or at least seeing them with different eyes, a fresh perspective. It was so interesting. It made me feel emotions deeper and gave me a sense of nostalgia when thinking about life, what it means to live and be human.

I would smoke weed before almost any activity and it always made me feel much better. In my 20s I went through some bad situations and fell into a deep depression. I withdrew from the world and this gave me bad social anxiety to go along with my depression. Because I have an addictive mindset I would still try to smoke weed. The weed intensified those feelings of depression and social anxiety and almost inevitably when I would smoke with people I would sneak off and leave because I couldn’t bear to be around them.

I felt like everyone could tell there was something wrong with me, that the whole attention of the room was on me and I was throwing off the positive energy. I was so paranoid of this it almost became a self fulfilling prophecy. When you’re afraid of appearing awkward and start obsessing about it, you start to appear awkward. It’s obviously exaggerated in the mind of a person with social anxiety but there is still some truth to it. Observing and experiencing this creates shame that’s very tough to deal with.

I created a negative feedback loop in my mind. I was searching out confirmation in people‘s reactions to me, for the beliefs I already had from anxiety and depression. If you search for something hard enough, you’ll most likely find it.

I still enjoyed the effects of weed when I was alone for a little while, but even then it eventually just exposed my own misery to myself. Despite this I would go back to it time and time again like someone in an abusive relationship. I knew it was going to bring me WAY down but it was almost as if I was punishing myself.

Fast forward a decade and I have overcome my depression and worked on myself a lot to accomplish many goals. I don’t have social anxiety anymore. I enjoy talking to people, hanging out, and most people would see me as an extrovert.

However, if I smoke weed it brings me back to that time in my life when I experienced so much pain. It doesn’t matter what kind of weed, whether it was Indica or Sativa, if it was legit bud with THC it felt pretty much exactly the same. I’ve tried It in different situations and it just makes me feel like shit. I’ve thought about it a lot because I used to believe that it was just exposing something that still exists in me. I thought if I had really overcome my depression/anxiety I would be able to smoke weed. But I really don’t think that’s true anymore. We carry scars of tough times we’ve been through. For me weed just brings me back to that negative mind state. It doesn’t mean I’m projecting something false when I’m not high. It is actually the opposite. For me what I project when I’m high is false.

An example is when I had bad social anxiety I thought getting laid consistently was the cure. When I overcame my social anxiety and started hooking up with girls, I put this to the test. On a few occasions after sleeping with a girl I would think I “earned“ the right to smoke weed. I obviously had good chemistry with her before, when I wasn’t high. But EVERY single time despite already having had sex with her, after I smoked weed it got awkward. It wasn’t exposing me. It was bringing me down. I finally stopped deciding that weed was a test for my mental health.

This is crazy long and nobody’s probably going to read it but if anyone does and they’re thinking the same way. I want to know your opinions.

Ich habe so viel darüber gelesen das es bei Leuten wirklich ziemlich gut wirkt und auch ein langes intensives High gibt, jetzt habe ich bei Canapuff bestellt 2 Sorten T9HC. Jeweils 5G. Und ich spüre wirklich garnichts, ich habe viel Erfahrung im Umgang mit THC. Aber hier passiert ja wirklich überhaupt nichts. Wie kann das sein?

If you got a better idea to stop the killing and Death, please post an answer.

We got plenty of "Blow Your House Down."

What happened to building America.

I mean, think about it.

Would the world be better off if leaders eat 4 gummies a day?

I take 1mg ever 2 hours a day and people where calling me addicted, and high and im 270lbs and 6 ft dude. I was trying to explain to them that's not enough for someone my body weight to get high but they wouldn't listen.

Its crazy how people dont listen to anything after the age of 13