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Pot Death: Teen Leaps 4 Stories After Eating Marijuana Cookie
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slimvictor
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Eating it results in somewhat different effects than smoking it, especially if you get a high dose.
High-dose edible cannabis is most similar to high-dose LSD, in my experience.
Many people can't seem to grasp this concept, because, hey, "cannabis is a lighter drug than LSD".
But of course this depends entirely on the dose.
I have been fucked out of my mind all day after eating 2 cannabis cookies (which I made myself with leaf and stems, no buds).
I can say that I was similarly effected when I took 4 hits of strong LSD many years ago.
Also, I have often thought about the wisdom of putting 6 doses in one cookie (even if it is referred to as "one serving").
Better to use small pieces, or candies, individually wrapped, I think, to help prevent accidental overdose, which is quite common.
Those who want 2 or more can easily eat them, but they should know that they are taking multiple doses, and that the effects can be very strong.
The use of cannabis is only now coming "out of the closet", so to speak, and there will be a learning curve.
Luckily, it is a fairly safe drug - as drugs go - so the learning curve probably won't result in too many deaths.
alasdairm
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he was explicitly told to eat one sixth of the cookie and he ate the whole thing. who's to say that given 6 individually-wrapped doses that he wouldn't have simply eaten them all? he knew he was taking multiple doses.
at some point people have to take some responsibility...
alasdair
slimvictor
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^ Yes, but there is a significant conceptual difference between eating a cookie (which seems like it really is simply one thing, and we are used to eating whole cookies in one mouthful) and opening and eating 6 different packages (of e.g. cookies or candies).
You can tell people "don't take the whole thing" with drugs, and they will typically take the whole thing.
In my experience, young people in particular will end up taking the whole thing. For example, many years ago, in high school, I got a hit of LSD for a friend, who wanted to try it for his first time. The guy who sold it to me told me it was quadruple-dipped, and to only take 1/4, especially for your first time. I passed this info on to my friend, but, of course, he took the whole thing, and tripped for 24 hours or so.
I am not saying that such people don't need to take responsibility, but just that there is a conceptual hurdle to overcome, and that without sufficient education, many young people will take too much.
But, if you have 6 packages wrapped separately, there is no conceptual hurdle to overcome, they will understand more easily that they are taking multiple doses, and they are far less likely to overdose. Isn't this the goal of harm reduction?
You can tell people "don't take the whole thing" with drugs, and they will typically take the whole thing.
In my experience, young people in particular will end up taking the whole thing. For example, many years ago, in high school, I got a hit of LSD for a friend, who wanted to try it for his first time. The guy who sold it to me told me it was quadruple-dipped, and to only take 1/4, especially for your first time. I passed this info on to my friend, but, of course, he took the whole thing, and tripped for 24 hours or so.
I am not saying that such people don't need to take responsibility, but just that there is a conceptual hurdle to overcome, and that without sufficient education, many young people will take too much.
But, if you have 6 packages wrapped separately, there is no conceptual hurdle to overcome, they will understand more easily that they are taking multiple doses, and they are far less likely to overdose. Isn't this the goal of harm reduction?
alasdairm
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i'm not sure i agree.
i do think what you are saying works when the dose may be unknown.
...but this guy knew the thing contained multiple doses and ate it all anyway. i don't think he'd be stopped by having to unwrap six individually wrapped doses but i agree that it might help cut down overdoses by those who don't know.
alasdair
I like the idea of individually wrapping each dosage up. That would almost certainly reduce the possibility of overdose. How many Hershey's Kisses would we eat if they weren't individually wrapped? I realize it's not a perfect analogy, but some of it holds up.
slimvictor
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I know that I tend to eat more chocolate when I have a large bar than when it come in small, individually-wrapped packages.