One way to determine a starting point

IDK if you all use SWIM here, but I'm going to kind of take this approach at first if you all don't mind. And that is, in my state (WA) we have had MMJ laws for a while now. But even then, the infrastructure to these laws, or the generally "overall" effect of the laws, hasn't completely been ironed out yet. And the recent approval of "recreational use" within the state really isn't going to help the MMJ "concept" of treatment much. (I could do my first 25 posts on this alone!:)
Anyway, because of the reasons I've touched on, and the recent move of the Feds, I'm going to be referring to nouns as SWIM a long time ago, okay? k.
So...SWIM a long time ago had a prior history of use and abuse of different things over the years, and therefore had to approach the entire concept of "medicinal use" with a lot of tools. One of those tools was an analytical mind.
So SWIM remembered an experiment they had tried a long time ago, (quite by accident mind you) and that was this. Where SWIM was at the time, the illicit cost of a very small amount of "pot" was extremely high. Because of this, a "prepared" amount (or a "toothpick") left one just enough to typically "keep" a bag of cookies to themselves.
Anyway... The long story short, the P IM mentioned how he bought one of these one time and even shared it with a close neighbor. I believe they said the cookies disappeared as quick as the stick.) Point being, they both got stoned.
So, one way to determine a starting point (in my opinion) would be to truly understand from the beginning, that it is actually a strong drug. Over dosage = tolerance/addiction not pain relief