I’m way outside of the loop on this as I don’t use cannabis in any form, but if I get what people are saying the dose on the edibles means that you wouldn’t eat a typical serving of candy to feel the effects?
That sounds both stupid and dangerous to me. I’d think some of the reason you’d eat the candy is for the texture and flavour, so why wouldn’t they be dosed in a way that they expect you to eat the whole bag as a snack?
I can’t imagine buying a bag of sour patch kids and being told I can only eat three of the candies out of it.
If you want to eat a whole chocolate bar to get high, you can go ahead and buy a dosed bar appropriately, but a lot of people don’t want to do that. And 1 bar might not even be enough as people have different tolerances.
On the black market, things can be dosed so you can maybe do it in 2-3 squares of a 16 square chocolate bar. You can get high, but also don’t need to eat an unhealthy amount of sugar. We don’t want to be encouraging a chocolate bar a day for some people.
Oh there’s one other interesting point which I believe can be an issue sometimes.
When you dose a bag of gummies at 10mg, I’m not sure where things stand on the dose of each gummy vs the bag. I think I’ve heard stories of unpredictable doses if not the whole serving. That would be the same risk for high or low dose as well.
But when you get into something like a brownie or cookie, which is sold as a single item you would intend to eat all at once, you don’t have that issue. But they can’t make a single cookie or brownie with a high enough dose.
I’m not actually sure how much of a problem that is in reality, but it’s a minor consideration if doses are broken up.
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I’m way outside of the loop on this as I don’t use cannabis in any form, but if I get what people are saying the dose on the edibles means that you wouldn’t eat a typical serving of candy to feel the effects?
That sounds both stupid and dangerous to me. I’d think some of the reason you’d eat the candy is for the texture and flavour, so why wouldn’t they be dosed in a way that they expect you to eat the whole bag as a snack?
I can’t imagine buying a bag of sour patch kids and being told I can only eat three of the candies out of it.
If you want to eat a whole chocolate bar to get high, you can go ahead and buy a dosed bar appropriately, but a lot of people don’t want to do that. And 1 bar might not even be enough as people have different tolerances.
On the black market, things can be dosed so you can maybe do it in 2-3 squares of a 16 square chocolate bar. You can get high, but also don’t need to eat an unhealthy amount of sugar. We don’t want to be encouraging a chocolate bar a day for some people.
Valid point on the “one a day” possibility. I never considered it that way.
Oh there’s one other interesting point which I believe can be an issue sometimes.
When you dose a bag of gummies at 10mg, I’m not sure where things stand on the dose of each gummy vs the bag. I think I’ve heard stories of unpredictable doses if not the whole serving. That would be the same risk for high or low dose as well.
But when you get into something like a brownie or cookie, which is sold as a single item you would intend to eat all at once, you don’t have that issue. But they can’t make a single cookie or brownie with a high enough dose.
I’m not actually sure how much of a problem that is in reality, but it’s a minor consideration if doses are broken up.