well i just put about a joints worth in a 'parachute' and necked it with some peanut butter...
so i'll let you know if i come up from it
why do people always say THC needs heat to be "activated?" heat just helps it bind to other, more edible things or combust (read: smoke). it's not like your pot is dormant until you put it out in the sun or in the microwave or something.
OT- if it were me, i'd just smoke it. i'm not sure how well hash would digest in your stomach.
There is a reason why people just dont eat buds.
because the rough, fibrous plant matter is hard to completely digest, so you don't absorb anywhere near all the cannabinoids in your bud and end up defecating near-whole plant matter-- which leads people to think that the THC is somehow "inactive" when they eat straight nugs.
you're definitely right about alcohol- and fatty food-combinations increasing the effectiveness of absorption, though.
Proper hash that has been heated can be eaten I thought. And THC doesn't have to be heated its just that most of the THC in the weed isn't THC it needs decarboxylated or whatever that word is to be active, it occurs upon smoking etc.
Marijuana produces THCA, an acid with the carboxylic group (COOH) attached. In its acid form, THC is not very active. It is only when the carboxyl group is removed that THC becomes psychoactive. When marijuana is smoked, the THC behind the hot spot is vaporized as the hot air from the burn is drawn through the joint or pipe bowl to the unburned material. The liquid THC and other cannabinoids have a boiling point of between 180-200? C (355-392? F). Before they turn gaseous, at around 106? C (220? F), the carboxyl group is released from the molecule as carbon dioxide and water vapor.
You will be extracting the THC using low heat in the commercially made Coldfinger Extractor. (They have a very interesting online catalog at www.edenlabs.org). The THC will not reach a temperature in which decarboxylation takes place. However, if you plan to vaporize or smoke the extract decarboxylation will take place as the oil is used.
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However, it is easy to make sure all the THC is decarboxylated and is at full strength before it is extracted. Although decarboxylation takes place rapidly at 106? C, it proceeds at a more gradual pace by placing the cannabis in a room with low relative humidity and room temperature. As the temperature rises, the rate of decarboxylation increases.
Cannabis can also be placed in a food dehydrator to remove the carboxyl group. Although the heat in the food dehydrator doesn't rise to 106? C, the temperature is warm enough to promote drying and the release of the water and CO2. When the marijuana is crispy and brittle you can be assured that the carboxyl group has been removed from the cannabinoids and they are ready for extraction or removal from the plant material.
then why can't you eat straight weed and get high (you can but with high doses) what does cooking do to it, make it absorb better?
Edit: Yeah same thing, because of all the plant matter its bound too, but what does cooking the weed do?
because the rough, fibrous plant matter is hard to completely digest, so you don't absorb anywhere near all the cannabinoids in your bud and end up defecating near-whole plant matter-- which leads people to think that the thc is somehow "inactive" when they eat straight nugs.
You're definitely right about alcohol- and fatty food-combinations increasing the effectiveness of absorption, though.