THC heals. And the best part, Marijuana never needs to be smoked, ever.

[Union Yes]

Marijauna can be eaten raw. It can be chopped into salad.

It can be baked into brownies and cookies.

It can be ground into a fine powder and added to meatloaf, lasagna, meatballs.

Tetrahydrocannabinol-THC

THC is fat soluble. Meaning, in order to be absorbed and to be effective it must attach itself to a fat molecule. Like a handful of potato chips. Or a pot brownie. Or some meatballs.

The method of eating pot is far more effective and safer than traditional smoking. Eating pot with any fat source gives a better dose of THC than smoking and is also completely free of the toxins of smoke.

For the veggie or the health nut. Try a green salad with your favorite lettuce, baby spinach etc and top it off with some finely chopped pot and some olive oil. Get baked while eating it raw. :hippie:

I'm posting this for the purpose of raising awareness to the fact that Marijauna can be consumed safely with no known ill health effects.

The next time you hear someone say that pot is unhealthy, throw this info back at them.

BTW-Study after study shows that smoking pot does not cause lung cancer.

Peace

[Bolo Boffin]

1. If it were legal and found in a mocha ice cream cone

I would be utterly lost. :hippie:

[Union Yes]

2. Next time your mocha ice cream has a skunky taste, you'll know why =)

:hippie:

[Bolo Boffin]

4. Until I try it, I don't know that I won't like it.

That's what my mama always said.

[Twinguard]

30. That sounds dang tasty on a hot day like today.

Now, if only I had some cannabis... and some mocha ice cream.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

65. lol! I guess you don't watch Weeds?

[Mojambo]

3. I thought it had to be heated up?

So you can just eat it raw, without any cooking?

[Union Yes]

9. Can be eaten raw.

The key is to eat it with a reasonable fat source. A drizzle of olive oil or salad dressing for example. Or a handful of potato chips. Any fat source will do.

[guitar man]

11. you bet you can eat it raw

Hey, I had to eat a couple joints one time when 5-0 rolled up on us real quick, it goes down a little rough that way....but I was buzzed off my ass the rest of the night :D

[Union Yes]

22. Hilarious!

:hippie:

[guitar man]

24. :D

:hi:

[Union Yes]

40. From now on remember to wash them blunts down with...

:toast:

:hippie: :party:

[mike_c]

14. yes, although the most effective delivery is to separate the THC...

...from the glandular trichomes on marijuana buds themselves. One way to do that is heat vaporization-- either by burning the plant material or by heating it to temperatures at which the resins vaporize but below the plant material ignition point.

Another way is by dissolving the resins in liquid fats (warmed) or in oil. Again though, the THC goes into solution faster if it is warmed, just like most solids and semi-solids.

When eaten raw, removal of THC from the plant material depends upon enzymatic digestion in the gut, which is not always 100 percent efficient, IMO. Better to bind it with fats or oils in a pan on top of the stove, first.

[mistertrickster]

49. It's fat soluable . . . how about alcohol? Like high proof rum or tequila? nt

[Qutzupalotl]

51. It is soluble in alcohol.

But it takes a long time--several days to a couple of weeks--to make an extract by soaking (bud wine). It goes faster if you heat it, but don't try it on a gas stove!

THC is also soluble in lecithin, so you could simmer some in diluted milk and add a little chocolate syrup...

[mike_c]

52. what he said....

Yep.

[htuttle]

55. In India, they call that a Bhang Lassi

It's a yogurt drink full o' pot.

You can apparently buy it in Gov't approved shops. I saw Anthony Bourdain buy one in one of his India episodes. As I recall, they came in three strengths: "normally strong, super duper sexy strong, and full power 24 hour, no toilet, no shower."

:D

[sarcasmo]

54. Thanks, Dude.

[SacredCow]

5. But it remains something that would get me fired if I indulge....

so I must pass the dutchie...

[parasim]

6. Exactly! Also, THC may actually help cure lung cancer.

The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and mouse studies.

-snip

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm

[Warpy]

7. I liked hiding it in spaghetti sauce

and it made for a few wildly interesting hippie dinner parties.

I can't smoke anything due to asthma. However, I would love to have the freedom to bake some loaded brownies a couple of times a year.

[yellowcanine]

8. To be blunt about it, eating pot in a salad just doesn't seem like the way to go.

Pot is a social drug like alcohol. Let's all sit down together and eat a salad? That is so wrong.

[MADem]

12. Hahahahahaha!!!! That's just funny! nt

[CrownPrinceBandar]

16. I appreciate your "blunt"-ness.............

[Union Yes]

20. Makes me drool!

:hippie:

[JVS]

41. What could be more social than having a meal together?

[smalll]

10. This is another reason it needs to be legalized. People WOULD eat it then. -- Unlike now,

where the cost of pot as an illegal substance (prohibition always raises prices) makes most people loath to eat it. It is true, is it not, that perhaps the only downside to eating rather than smoking is that one needs more of it?

[Johonny]

13. does not cause lung cancer -> seems impossible

because ingesting particulates into your lungs is not very good for you and a great way to get cancer. So those studies always seem odd to me. I think the correct way to phrase it is that so far it hasn't been shown to significantly change cancer rates.

[dysfunctional press]

19. not all smoke acts equally on the body.

nicotine is a vascular constrictor, whereas thc acts as a bronchial dilator- add to that some good coughing, and it can really help to clear some crap from your pulmonary system.

[Johonny]

45. not really

Particles of different sizes behave differentially in your body. Particles of the right size regardless of source basically make it into your lungs. They might have something to do with particulate formation differences in the smoke (although this seems unlikely to me). I imagine the lack of increased rates have more to do with usage rates and addictiveness of the habit.

[dysfunctional press]

59. you're entitled to your opinion...

but you're also welcome to do more research on the topic if you so desire- then you could stop using words like "might" "seems unlikely" and "i imagine", and replace them with terms with more enlightened certitude.

[Bluenorthwest]

32. And yet, folks with asthma suck up meds in mist form, using

inhalers. How can this be? They suck chemicals into their lungs, and it helps them...

[Johonny]

46. They aren't particulates

there a mist that dissolves into your blood stream. There's a clear difference.

[NightWatcher]

37. if you vaporize it, you dont get the carcinogens from the smoke when burned

[Union Yes]

38. +1 for vaporizing! As safe as eating marijauna.

[Johonny]

47. pretty much

or eat it as the poster talks about. Or you know not do it at all. There's no reason to take it if you don't have to.

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. I just had an epiphany.

Bacon flavored dope.

I'll remember you all when they give me the Nobel Prize.

[tridim]

26. Marinaise!

I'm registering the trademark now.

[Union Yes]

39. Your sig pic- I'm thinkin Barack is thinkin, dayum I wish some herb was baked into this pie!

:hippie: :party:

[notadmblnd]

61. My husband used to say it like that!

marinaise. It reminded me of him.

[htuttle]

53. Our children will sing great songs about you years from now!

Hail lumberjack_jeff!
Hail lumberjack_jeff!
Creator of Maricon!

(Maricon? Barijuana? gotta work on that...)

[lumberjack_jeff]

60. Acupulco golden-brown. n/t

[Robb]

57. Jeff's Old-Fashioned Maple-Smoked Bakin'-Bacon!! (TM)

(registers bakinbacon.com) :D

[Selatius]

17. In a social setting, I'd more likely opt to eat brownies than a salad. nt

[dysfunctional press]

18. i make green butter and then use that to make fudge.

eating it raw is very ineffective. it has to be heated to activate the thc.

[Union Yes]

21. Yup I've made the green butter too and it's one of the best methods.

I like the fact that the left over butter can be frozen for a length of time. Although it never lasts long enough for me to know exactly how long.:hippie:

[tridim]

27. I've made it a few times and can't get over the bad taste

It seems to suck up too much chlorophyll. It's okay in recipes but awful on a piece of bread for instance.

[fishwax]

23. you don't want to just eat it with a fat source, you want to infuse it in a fat source through heat

THC is fat soluble, yes, so grinding it up and mixing it with olive oil would deliver some THC to your system. But heat facilitates the process, so more THC attaches to the fat then it would by simple contact.

So what you want to do is heat the olive oil (over low heat for 20-30 minutes) while mixing it with finely ground weed--the effect will be much, much stronger. (If you find the powder itself unpalatable, you can strain the oil through a cheesecloth.) Then use the oil as you would in any other recipe.

[Union Yes]

25. Right on, good info.

I've made pot butter in the similar fashion. then later add it to brownie mix or almost any recipe.

Heck I've even spread it on toast!:hippie:

[salguine]

28. I don't know, so I'm asking—if it really does have medicinal benefits (and I'm

acknowledging that it does), why can't they somehow synthesize the active (or medically beneficial) components in pill form?

[Union Yes]

33. No harm in asking. answer-Mother Nature is best left un-synthesized

There is a synthetic prescription only pill form called Marinol.

Problem is that it's very difficult to get a prescription and most who've used it(including me) know that it doesn't compare to the real thing, Marijuana.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. Why?

this is an old medicine, as old as they come. The best methods of ingesting it for various ailments are well known. It is easy to eat just as it comes, with no need to 'somehow synthesize' anything. It grows just as it is needed. How is that a problem? What good would a factory made pill bring to the picture that a capsule of homemade oil does not?

[salguine]

44. Because it could be the way to overcome resistance by people who

fight against allowing it for legitimate medicinal purposes. While they may fight tooth and nail to hamper the ability of people to use it as is, having it in pill form might make them more able to see it as "medicine" and be less inclined to resist it.

[RainDog]

48. isn't that really sick? that people are so subservient to power they cannot accept a natural remedy?

If you read "Ecological Intelligence" this issue is a big one - people attach value to things that have absolutely nothing to do with its real value... so now, of course, everyone is advertising as "green" which is b.s. also, things that are more expensive are thought to be better even when blind studies showed that people who were absolutely sure they were drinking a better wine because of where THEY THOUGHT it came from were actually drinking the exact same wine that had been labeled as coming from two different places.

maybe the problem is that people need to get an education about the way they are manipulated by groups whose sole purpose is to make a profit and to do so at anyone's expense, if necessary.

but... you can take pot, heat it with some oil, put it in capsules that you can buy off the shelf in a health food store and call it medicine.

the real problem is that a small group of people want to control what you are allowed to use as medicine and don't want you to use a product if they can't make a profit off of it.

people are really gullible, in other words, and this translates into our stupid laws.

[Qutzupalotl]

56. One problem is that people with severe nausea can't keep pills down.

Another problem with Marinol is you can't fine tune your dose. Most people find the synthetic THC pill too strong and somewhat harsh, whereas it's much easier taken straight from the plant.

[Union Yes]

58. Yup and most of those folks are suffering from advanced HIV/AIDS.

They don't need the hassle of having to take pills that may cause nausea when they're already sick and battling Aids.

Thanks for adding that great point.

[Greyhound]

29. A different high that lasts much longer, in my ancient experience. n/t

:kick: & R

[Union Yes]

36. Wish i could share a pan of brownies with ya and hear the tales.

Peace

:hippie:

[Bluenorthwest]

31. Ah the green, green butters of my tea time...

[Union Yes]

35. Testify!

:hippie:

[Joey Liberal]

42. Amen! nt

[lindisfarne]

43. If it was just THC, people wouldn't need marijuana. But people argue that marijuana, with all the

other hundreds of chemicals beyond THC, is better than THC in isolation, at a variety of things (relieving nausea, increasing appetite, etc).

[CrownPrinceBandar]

50. And there's more than one type of THC........

there is Delta-8 and Delta-9 forms. Delta-9 is the most prevalent and acts as an agonist of the CB1 and CB2 receptor (gets you high), while Delta-8 is not as prevalent but acts psychoactively as well.

Not limited to THC, there are at least 66 different cannabinoids in marijuana which contribute to the total effect that synthetic forms have yet to reproduce. Drugs like Marinol, contain strictly Delta-9 and does not impart the total benefits strictly using the plant itself.

[Odin2005]

62. Which is good news for me because smoke makes me violently gag!

[KillCapitalism]

63. Putting it in food is fun.

The best was when we made a "oregano" & "mushroom" pizza one time. Man was that fun! :silly:

[Union Yes]

64. Pizza that gives you the munchies..

Can there be anything greater?

:hi:

I've ate it on pizza too. Baked into the cheese. Wasn't the only thing that got baked that day!

:hippie: