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No need to smoke it if it’s in, what I understand, is the usual format. Chew it a bit and suck on it between your cheek and gums.

It's called Decarboxylation. It needs to be heated in order to activate the THC.

In edibles, it has already gone thru that process. I make butter and the formula I do is 235 degrees for 100 minutes. Cooking it in Coconut oil works great.

Having your airway and alimentary canal connected at the top is a recipe for disasters of several types.

It's not like he can smoke anything at this point. His wife says it don't smell like roses, but it does the job.

edibles make me nervous. chewing kat is fine, snorting lines, not so much.

I hope medical marijuana will give you relief.

I don't have the curvature of the spine but do have osteoarthritis. I also have chronic severe headaches. Cannabis helps with both pains. I am in Calif so we have plenty of stores and you don't need any card.

My sister, who had never smoked cannabis her entire life (she is 70) got a medical card a few years ago and did the non-high route (CBD). Later she learned, as we all have, that the high is a part of the no pain. Now she uses a vape pipe and edibles for her pain, as do I.

Try not to listen to the bullshit that has been told by media over the years and accept the high. It really isn't that high unless you really overdo it and that is hard to do unless you do edibles and overdo them.

And if you don't have to go anywhere, try the edibles. They are great for all day relief but be careful when taking them. It can take up to two hours before you feel it. Many have assumed that it wasn't working enough and then eat more. And then they regret it.

If you do edibles, limit yourself to only 10 mg per dose at first. The average dose is 15 mg but start lower to see if you are comfortable with the feeling. It is a little different high than smoke or vape. It changes to a different chemical in the liver, close but not quite the same chemical.

Good luck with your pain and the treatment of it.

Around 1972 some friends and I made pot brownies for the first time.

I ate one, and nothing happened.
I ate a second one, and nothing happened.
I ate a third one, and nothing happened.

I went home and went to bed.

I woke up the next morning stoned out of my mind !

She didn't partake very often but one day, while I was in Arizona, she ate half a brownie. Now it was a 100 mg brownie so that in itself was too much for her. After an hour she ate the second half. And then found herself in bed for about 12 hours. It can be traumatizing to those who aren't used to it.

will find it quite helpful -- once you get the dosage right. I would not recommend a pill form because it takes too long to take effect and its effectiveness may be reduced in the intestines. I would recommend oil -- CBD oil and/or a 1:1 which is 50% CBD and 50% THC. The trick is to get the dose of 1:1 just to the point of giving the MJ high. You will still get pain relief. You'll have to play around but it's worth the hassle.

How do you use the oil?
I have no one who can rub it on my back.

dropping them under your tongue. I recommend withholding water and toothpaste for 30 mins. on each side of dosing. Because they're oil take them with something containing fat.

And what contains fat?

greasy burger, etc.

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