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Kath1

(4,309 posts)
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 07:15 PM Jan 2016

Just started smoking again in October.

I was totally stressed out from work and the prospect of losing my job. I was drinking too much.

Sent an urgent SOS to my 27 year old daughter, who I know smokes. Asked her to come over and bring marijuana. Mind you, I hadn't smoked since my 20's. I'm 57.

She came over, bless her heart, and kept asking if I really wanted to do this. I told her yes, I'm sure.

She got out a very nice little glass piece and we smoked a couple of bowls. We giggled and laughed and listened to music and had the best mom-daughter experience we have had in years! I felt relaxed for the first time in ages. She spent the night and left me a bowl and some weed.

I smoke several times a week now. My daughter and I usually have lunch and smoke every Sunday afternoon.

Cannabis should certainly be legal. It is much less dangerous than alcohol. I love it and support legalization everywhere.

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Just started smoking again in October. (Original Post) Kath1 Jan 2016 OP
K&R B Calm Jan 2016 #1
Good for you! Kath1 Jan 2016 #4
'shrooms might even work better Stargleamer Jan 2016 #2
I have no medical objection to marijuana as a recreational drug. Aristus Jan 2016 #3
Thank you. Kath1 Jan 2016 #5
Make your own Rick Simpson Oil. OxQQme Jan 2016 #7
The problem with edibles is that they are slow to digest and the dosage is easy to overdo it. Jesus Malverde Jan 2016 #10
e cigarettes, not cigs but mj instead Iliyah Jan 2016 #6
alright, Momma! RussBLib Jan 2016 #8
LOL! Kath1 Jan 2016 #9
 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
1. K&R
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 07:24 PM
Jan 2016

I had to quit for 17 years because of employee drug testing. When I retired 3 years ago I picked up where I left off.

Aristus

(68,269 posts)
3. I have no medical objection to marijuana as a recreational drug.
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 07:48 PM
Jan 2016

I advise all of my patients who use (and there are a lot of them here in Washington State) not to smoke it.

The bioavailability of THC in marijuana that is smoked is about 27%. The bioavailability of THC in edibles is about 9% from what I understand. So I'm sure smoking it gives you a better high. A study was published last year that concludes that marijuana smoke is not as bad for you as tobacco smoke. But you're still inhaling the by-products of combustion. i.e. carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc.

I hope you'll start using edibles instead.

Either way, enjoy!

I can't believe we spent so many years and so many billions of dollars keeping cannabis illegal, when the deadliest drugs known to man are nicotine and alcohol, and they're legal.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
5. Thank you.
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 07:52 PM
Jan 2016

Still illegal here in MD and edibles are hard to get.

We need sane marijuana laws in this country.

OxQQme

(2,550 posts)
7. Make your own Rick Simpson Oil.
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 09:40 PM
Jan 2016
http://phoenixtears.ca/

Vaporizers.
Tinctures.
There's even an epidermal patch available.
All much less damaging to the throat and lungs.


leafly.com is a good source to help decide which strain would benefit various maladies.

...> https://www.leafly.com/news/strains/the-best-cannabis-strains-for-wintertime-activities-according-to?Area=

...> https://www.leafly.com/news/strains/7-giggly-cannabis-strains-for-inducing-laughing-fits

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
10. The problem with edibles is that they are slow to digest and the dosage is easy to overdo it.
Sun Jan 3, 2016, 03:23 AM
Jan 2016

With smoking the feedback to the dosage is immediate. Overdoing it with edibles, can for some, be unpleasant.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
6. e cigarettes, not cigs but mj instead
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 08:12 PM
Jan 2016

300 puffs non-smell. You may like it as well. I personally can't handle it, makes me paranoid.

RussBLib

(9,665 posts)
8. alright, Momma!
Sat Jan 2, 2016, 10:50 PM
Jan 2016

That's one of the only regrets that I have about not having any children. I feel sure they would have been able to keep their old man well-supplied with weed.

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