Cross-tolerance?

[Gambit3678]

I is a very experienced smoker of good quality cannabis, and has recently purchased a half gram of JWH-018. I has attempted to smoke and vaporize this substance and has found that slightly more than the recommended dosage of 3-5 mg hardly effects I. The question I have is, is my tolerance to cannabis the reason for my disappointing experience? Or was I just simply expecting too much out of this JWH-018?

 

[skeettls]

Don't use "SWIM" on here

 

[!_MDMA_!]

probably both
i assume because theyre both cannaboids they do the same thing and thefore have cross tolerance
and spice products probably arent as good as the real thing

 

[Eldaren]

probably not smoking it right. i hear vaping it is a bit useless but im not sure why. i think i read that somewhere anyway.

for me personally, i find that 3-5mg stuff pretty useless too. i usually go for 5-10mg sandwiched between some random herb in a bong. cook it slowly and hold it in for as long as you can. i find that its probably 3-5x more effective if you hold it down for at least 20-30 seconds rather than just exhaling, or not holding it in for long.

i know how much experimentation it took me to figure out how to smoke weed in all the different ways i know now, and as effectively as possible. why do you expect jwh-018 to be super easy just smoke and bang, super stoned? test some theories, youre a stoner.

EDIT: cross tolerance definitely exists imo, but its not the problem youre currently suffering from either. and fuck swim.