Cannabis Capsules â?? A step-by-step guide.

Part 1 - Acknowledgements and thanks.

Iâ??d like to begin with a big thank you to weedhound and sickpup45 who inspired me to experiment with Cannabis Capsules in the first place, and to Opie Yutts who â??nudgedâ?? me into writing this â??step-by-stepâ?? tutorial for the forums. Cheers guys!

Secondly, Iâ??ve tried to keep this guide as simple as possible, but, as the box says â??Some assembly is requiredâ??, and therefore, this guide might not be suitable for everyone. It needs some ingredients to be measured (with a teaspoon), and the purchase of a few essential (and some optional) items.

Where possible, Iâ??ll include detailed descriptions of everything you might need, where to get it from and roughly how much it might cost etc.

To give you an idea of the unit cost (excluding the price of the weed), if you made 1000 capsules (enough for 1 person to remain high for a year!) the cost would be around $51 or £25 for the ingredients (oil/butter and capsules). Thatâ??s less than $0.05 cents or £0.03 pence each!

Including the cost of the weed (based on an average price of $15 or £7.50 a gram), youâ??re looking at around $1.30 or £0.65 per capsule (for caps made from hash or kief) or $1.90 or £0.95 pence (for caps made from prime bud).

Still reading? OK, here goes:

Hereâ??s what weâ??ll be making.

The following â??step-by-stepâ?? tutorial outlines the tools and techniques needed to convert quantities of bud, hash or keif into tasteless pill capsules that can be swallowed to give a measured dose of potent, active THC to the user.

For simplicity and economy weâ??ll just be using 1 gram of hash or kief (or, one and a half grams of bud) and making it into 12 cannabis capsules, each containing around 0.08 grams of activated THC.
As a guide:
1 capsule can be taken by medicinal users for strong pain relief.
2 capsules will give a regular smoker an intense 4 to 6 hour trip.
3 capsules (experienced tokers only) a 6 to 8 hour plus â??wild rideâ??.

To make larger quantities of capsules simply increase the ingredients pro-rata.
i.e. To make 24 pills just double everything, for 48 double everything again and so on.

The essential cookery â??Equipmentâ??:

1. A Slow Cooker (see the first picture). Also known as a â??Crock Potâ?? in the States.

Or:

A medium sized pan, a mixing bowl and a lid (see the second picture), and some hot water.

2. A quantity of size 00 Gelatine Capsules. They can be bought from some pharmacies, health food shops or online in quantities of 100+ (see third picture).

3. A teaspoon (hopefully everyone will have one of these).

The essential cookery â??Ingredientsâ??:

Either: 1 gram of good Hashish (not soap bar).
Or: 1 gram of fine grained â??keifâ??.
Or: 1.5 grams of good â??Budâ?? (no stems, no seeds, or pointy leaves).

And: 7 grams (one and a half teaspoons) of Coconut oil or clarified butter*.


The optional cookery items:

A capsule holder to help when filling (see part 3).
A syringe or pipette to fill the caps with a measured dose of oil (see part 3).
A set of accurate measuring spoons (see part 3).


OK, assuming youâ??ve got access to a â??crock potâ?? (or a least a pan and a mixing bowl), and a little â??weedâ??, what else is required?

The other main essential items are the capsules to put your activated mixture in, and (possibly) a few other extras to help in the measuring and filling process, and thatâ??s it.

The essential items:

Empty pill capsules come in several sizes, the ones I recommend are 00 sized, as the smaller ones are a little fiddly to make and donâ??t hold much, and the bigger sizes are a little hard to swallow.
Also, select only the Gelatine variety not the vegetarian ones as they can leak when exposed to fats and oils.
An internet search for â??empty 00 gelatine capsulesâ?? will no doubt give you a variety of sources. Expect to pay â??roughlyâ?? $3.00/£1.50 per 100.

Ideally, youâ??ll also need a jar (or tub) of Coconut oil, or failing that some clarified butter (or â??Gheeâ?? as itâ??s called in Asian cookery). If youâ??re struggling to find either, donâ??t panic, itâ??s easy to make your own Ghee using ordinary butter (Iâ??ll explain further on).

Coconut oil (solid depending on room temperature) can be bought from some health food shops and other specialist food stores.
Go for the â??extra virgin organic coconut oilâ?? if you can find it, as Itâ??s one of the safest oils to cook with, contains no â??trans fatsâ?? (unhealthy fat), is high in saturated fat, and most importantly is â??digestion friendlyâ?? (unlike certain other monounsaturated or polyunsaturated oils) meaning the THC can be absorbed easily by the stomach and liver, and therefore passed into the bloodstream to do its job without loss of potency.
Expect to pay between $7/£3.50 for a 200 gram jar. Enough for around 336 capsules, plus itâ??ll keep for years in the fridge.

In addition, there are some items thatâ??ll help in making the capsules easier to measure and fill, but you can get by without them as long as you have a steady hand and some patience. However, for those people who are likely to repeat the process, they are inexpensive to buy and make it much easier and quicker to make regular or larger quantities.

They are:

A) A capsule filler container. The one shown in the picture is a â??Cap.M.Quikâ?? model which holds 50 capsules. Expect to pay around $20/£10 for one.
N.B. Make sure it is sized for 00 capsules.
Typically, if you buy one from ebay youâ??ll be offered it with the capsules bundled together (usually 400/500) for around $40/£20.

B) A syringe or pipette. To siphon off the activated oil and â??injectâ?? into the capsules (the one pictured is a childrenâ??s liquid medicine dispenser and holds exactly 1 teaspoon (5 ml).
For sale in most pharmacies for around $2/£1.

C) An accurate set of measuring spoons (a â??niceâ?? to have). The ones pictured can be used to scrape exactly the right amount of â??solidifiedâ?? Coconut oil or clarified butter out of the jar or tub (assuming itâ??s straight out of the fridge). Once youâ??ve levelled off the spoon, youâ??ll have the precise amount, 5 ml (Useful for dosage control). These can be bought from most household or cookery stores for around $5/£2.50.

The key to making effective capsules is in the THC extraction process.
In short, the secret is to expose the bud, keif or hash to prolonged, low heat (simmering) in an oil or butter high in saturated fat* in order to thoroughly break down the structure of the resin heads and allow the THC to â??bindâ?? to the fat molecules.
If the temperature is too high, you run the risk of losing potency due to the vaporisation/evaporation of the THC (if the smell is strong, youâ??re doing it wrong). Too low, and you wonâ??t convert the inactive compounds into active, or allow them an opportunity to effectively combine with the oil/butter.

This fat is then added to the capsules, which once swallowed, release the concentrated THC directly into the stomach for maximum absorption into the bloodstream.

*The type of â??short chain fatty acidsâ?? that are found in Coconut oil and Ghee (clarified butter) are excellent conductors of THC, and much easier for the human digestive system to metabolise. Therefore, where possible, go for an oil or butter high in saturated fats rather than monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. Although theyâ??ll still work, much of the potency will be lost, requiring much greater amounts of weed to eaten in order to achieve similar results. As coconut oil is far cheaper than good weed, youâ??re better off investing in a jar.
N.B. 1 gram of weed in a firecracker is good for only one hit, 1 gram in this capsule form is good for about 12.


For a more detailed explanation of how to make Canna-butter and the science and techniques involved, check out my other Cannabis cooking thread:

http://boards.cannabis.com/recipes/1...ial-guide.html


To make the capsules weâ??ll be following the exact same procedures, but using smaller amounts of oil/butter. (If you havenâ??t time to read it, donâ??t worry, as everything you need to know is contained within this guide).

I usually recommend using â??hashishâ?? or â??kiefâ?? over â??Budâ?? when cooking, because it is a quicker and simpler process of conversion, and the effects are (slightly) more predictable. However, if you only have access to â??Grassâ?? donâ??t worry, you can still make them just as easily using the following method.

Grass method:

Due to the difference in THC strength, youâ??ll need to use 1.5 grams of good quality well cured bud in order to match the potency of 1 gram of hash or kief. Firstly, remove any stems, seeds or obvious leaf material* then grind to as small a grain (powder) as you can manage, then just follow the rest of the steps as detailed below.


The Canna-oil Method: If using a Slow Cooker (Crock pot).

The beauty of slow cookers is you can pretty much switch them on and forget about them.
Typically, a slow cooker will have 2 or 3 settings (low, medium and high).
Due to the size of these â??cookersâ?? I recommend placing your oil/butter in a much smaller â??oven-proofâ?? container otherwise itâ??ll just make a thin coating on the bottom of your pan.
In my case I use an eggcup (or a coffee cup when making larger quantities) the shape makes it easier to â??siphonâ?? off the oil and to scrape out the residue.

Simply set the cooker to â??lowâ?? (around 80/90 degrees centigrade), add the ghee/oil and then the hash/kief or bud and leave to slowly simmer for the required time.

1 hour for hash.
1 and half hours for kief.
2 hours for bud.


The Canna-oil Method: If using a Pan and Mixing Bowl

Pour around three inches of boiling water into your cooking pan, then sit the mixing bowl in the water so that itâ??s floating just off the bottom (very important â?? see picture), add the oil or Ghee (clarified butter) to the mixing bowl and let it melt, then add your hashish, kief or powdered bud and dissolve slowly while keeping the lid on and the boiling water just barely simmering beneath.

N.B. Floating the mixing bowl in the water and keeping the lid on prevents â??burning offâ?? the THC which evaporates/vaporises at high temperatures (around 140 centigrade plus). The boiling water keeps the butter/oil at the perfect temperature of around 100 degrees centigrade (boiling point) to slowly â??wringâ?? out every last molecule of â??spacey goodnessâ??!.

Now that youâ??ve made your concentrated THC saturated oil/butter you need to get it into your capsules.

Firstly, wait for the oil to cool down a little otherwise you run the risk of melting the capsules.
Both the coconut oil and Ghee will remain liquid around the 24 degrees centigrade mark for quite a while, therefore itâ??s easier to add the oil while itâ??s still in this form assuming you have something to draw up the liquid like a childrenâ??s medicinal syringe, pipette or similar.
Just add it in equal measures to the capsules.

Once youâ??ve added even amounts of the oil to your caps youâ??ll need to scrape out and add the residue. Iâ??ve found that the handle of a teaspoon or coffee stirrer is ideal for this process, however if you want to take it to another level you can always purchase a laboratory spatula or spoon like the ones in the picture.

N.B. Depending on whether you used hash/kief or ground bud will dictate how easy this process is. For example hash and kief will be mostly oil with a small residue at the bottom, while ground bud will be more like a paste, and as such hard to draw up in a syringe.
In this case (or if you donâ??t have a syringe), you may want to pour the oil/butter onto a small plate and then put it in the fridge until it sets. Later, using the tip of a sharp knife, cut the butter into twelve equally sized pieces and poke them into the capsules using a chopstick/match etc.

If using bud, remember â??no stems, no seeds or pointed leavesâ??.
Anyone whoâ??s grown and studied their plant under a x30 jewellerâ??s loupe will be able to describe the microscopic thorns that the pointed leaves are covered in. Even when finely ground, some of these thorns can survive and irritate the stomach lining.

Also (contrary to most advice given about eating cannabis), I donâ??t recommend you take cannabis capsules on a completely empty stomach. Remember, normally when you eat a firecracker or space cake your eating weed that is bound to (and diluted in) some form of food. Therefore by eating something like: a slice of toast, a sandwich or a packet of crisps beforehand, youâ??re preparing your stomach to digest food and thereby activating the gastric juices which will break down your capsules quickly and efficiently.

Any other questions, please feel free to fire back.

â?¢ The ultimate stealth â??medicationâ??.
â?¢ Highly concentrated form of THC
â?¢ Requires only very small amounts of bud.
â?¢ Great for stealth cooking as the low heat creates virtually no smell.
â?¢ Extremely potent due to the type of saturated fats used.
â?¢ Simpler to make and keep than a firecracker.
â?¢ Incredibly cheap
â?¢ Theyâ??ll blow your tits off â?? Guaranteed!


N.B: Effects will start to â??kick inâ?? after about an hour and a half, and last for around six to eight hours (depending on how many you took). Should you begin to feel overwhelmed you can shorten the â??tripâ?? and reduce its effects by eating sugary foods, or drinking fruit juices rich in vitamin C.


For those people who give it a try, Iâ??d love to hear how you get on.
Hopefully, you can keep this thread alive by posting up your experiences so everyone will get a chance to see them.
Oh yes, and it took me a while to write all this up, so a sticky or any rep donations gratefully accepted lol.

Cheers and enjoy
Flame.

Thats freaking awesome. So detailed, a lot of time and effort went into this and I plan to try it ASAP. I'll post my experience. Thankyou very much for sharing.

EXCELLENT!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Flame I tried to rep you for this terrific post but I must have recently.

THANK YOU THANK YOU. :clap::clap:

PRICELESS!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Cheers guys!!! :D

I just realised I forgot to mention the obvious:

Coconut oil is actually quite good for you, and 'no smoke' means they're a healthier option!

By the way, one of my friends who regularly tokes and makes firecrackers, tried just one of these capsules recently, thinking he would be 'tolerant' to the effects.
While watching TV in my cinema room, he became so high he had to lie on the floor with his eyes shut because he was convinced he was being 'sucked' into the picture! lol
So take it easy at first if give them a try.

Ok....am I so stoned that I missed the info on how to make the clarified butter? Or is that listed in the other tutorial? :confused:

Hi weedhound

Lol, just testing to see if you were paying attention. You passed!
Have some 'Brownie points'!

N.B. Brownie points were withdrawn as legal tender in 1997, but can be used in exchange for a variety of sexual or domestic favours.
i.e. I would like you to. . . (insert kink here),
or, get me: a cup of coffee, a bottle of beer etc, etc. lol

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Originally Posted by Flameon

You can make your own by slowly simmering a pack of regular (ideally unsalted) butter in a pan until all the milk and water content has evaporated (the frothy bit) just leaving a clear golden coloured oil. Let it cool and store in the fridge till you want to use it.

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Good you were starting to scare me....:D Thanks...:)

you, my friend, are a genious.

I may try but I'd skip the capsules and make me a little bottle of oil. :-)))

freaking awesome i hope i can get my hands on those pill things

did you order those capsules off the internet? I can't find them at any pharmacies or grocery stores or organic stores... bummer can you keep it just in a bottle and take certain amounts or something and how long does it keep?

if a machine was created to make this process simple then I MIGHT (stretching it) buy it.. sure its better for you, but id rather just pack the bowl.

on the other hand, you are obviously very interested in this method.. your guide is simply amazing. you did it very, very thourogly. Props

keep smoking.. or in your case keep poppin?

Ten....packing a bowl and ingesting it are two TOTALLY different ball games.....you don't know what stoned really is until you've eaten some good weed. :eek:

Roth I buy my capsules from Amazon.com. ;)

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Originally Posted by Weedhound

Ten....packing a bowl and ingesting it are two TOTALLY different ball games.....you don't know what stoned really is until you've eaten some good weed. :eek:

Roth I buy my capsules from Amazon.com. ;)

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I definitely agree, ingesting and smoking is much different... thanks weedhound about the capsules... :pimp::pimp: peace

This is a really cool idea....I can't wait until I get the opportunity to try this myself. I'm definitely going to stop smoking for my health if these things knock me on my ass.

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Originally Posted by Weedhound

Ten....packing a bowl and ingesting it are two TOTALLY different ball games.....you don't know what stoned really is until you've eaten some good weed. :eek:

Roth I buy my capsules from Amazon.com. ;)

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touche. these capsules might be worth trying after all. i still give you props for it though. :jointsmile:

however, i have eaten some good weed before, on 1 occassion I can specifically remember.. as it was one of the highest times i've been. you are right it def. does make it more of a LONGER stoned sensation. but i kind of like the idea of smoking it for some reason, as i like the various methods of smoking it as opposed to baking it or capsuling it. everyone has their preferences, yours is very unique.

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Originally Posted by Flameon

Hi weedhound

Lol, just testing to see if you were paying attention. You passed!
Have some 'Brownie points'!

N.B. Brownie points were withdrawn as legal tender in 1997, but can be used in exchange for a variety of sexual or domestic favours.
i.e. I would like you to. . . (insert kink here),
or, get me: a cup of coffee, a bottle of beer etc, etc. lol

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Thanks for the two wonderful guides, I can't wait to try both of them after I actually find a good hash connect.

I have a clarification about making your own clarified butter, though. I assume the clear golden oil is the stuff you keep and refrigerate, so do you also use 15g of the liquid? Would a good way of measuring out 15g of this liquid be to place a cigarette cellophane on your digital scale, set it to 0, and then slowly pour the liquid until it reaches 15 grams?

Hey man these are a great idea. I have a question though. How do you think cops would handle these? I mean, lets just say you had a lot in your car and shit...how do you think they would go about weighing it/testing them to see how to "punish" you? Hopefully you see what I'm saying regarding these capsules potential ;). Just wondering how you think the "authorities" would handle these...thanks and great work. :hippy:

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Originally Posted by DSOTM420

Hey man these are a great idea. I have a question though. How do you think cops would handle these? I mean, lets just say you had a lot in your car and shit...how do you think they would go about weighing it/testing them to see how to "punish" you? Hopefully you see what I'm saying regarding these capsules potential ;). Just wondering how you think the "authorities" would handle these...thanks and great work. :hippy:

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they would send them to a lab and it would be in the local paper the next day

yeah, you'd be fucked..but I mean how badly. I don't know what they do once they take it..would they be able to tell how much (in weight) was originally used? In the us fines are by quantity, so would they actually be able to test that? Or do you think it would show up as less. If they get you your going away..thats just a risk...but how long is the question.

If you had all 12 capsules in your hands when the cops came......you'd be busted with a handful of coconut oil and 1.5 grams of bud. That's all you have ....that's all they can do. ;)

Very Nice! High Five!:thumbsup:


thanks though

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Originally Posted by Aristotle

I have a clarification about making your own clarified butter, though. I assume the clear golden oil is the stuff you keep and refrigerate, so do you also use 15g of the liquid? Would a good way of measuring out 15g of this liquid be to place a cigarette cellophane on your digital scale, set it to 0, and then slowly pour the liquid until it reaches 15 grams?

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It's only liquid when warm, once its been in the fridge it turns back into a solid form of butter (just more concentrated in saturated fat).

7 grams, is roughly one and a half teaspoons. Add a gram of hash or kief (or one and a half grams of bud) and you'll have exactly the right amount of THC enriched butter/oil for 12 capsules.

Hope that helps.

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Originally Posted by Weedhound

If you had all 12 capsules in your hands when the cops came......you'd be busted with a handful of coconut oil and 1.5 grams of bud. That's all you have ....that's all they can do. ;)

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Weedhound is bang on!

You can only be charged for the quantity of weed, not it's potency.
Hey, if your quick enough you could swallow the 'evidence' and deny everything!
You'd have about 45 minutes to make it to a place of safety (and order munchies!), just expect the next 48 hours to disappear into a hallucinogenic psychedelic dream though!.

awesome, these are great ideas you've come up with. never thought about swallowing and that would work. I've never heard of anyone overdosing on weed. have you realized the potential of these, have you considered contacting dispensaries about these, that would help so many people. on ebay they sell empty gelatin capsules and a machine that helps fill them. 24 in 2 minutes. just search for 00 gelatin capsules. also what other sizes have you found work, as some people may not want to try and conquer the Goliath that is the 00 size. thanks and keep creating wonderful ideas like this. :thumbsup: :hippy:

CannabisMD Reports : Marijuana in Capsules dunno if you have seen that before or not. im definately going to try this, but i also plan to make hash oil to smoke as well. ive never eaten anything weed related, so i know this will be a new experience, but im always up for learning. for my first time with the hash oil im going to use a pen method for small amounts of weed, that i found here. just enough to smoke a bowls worth or something. but i plan to make around 100 of these capsules, mainly because they would be easier to have on my person. plus at my local headshop, and also at gas stations they sell these keychains that are pill holders, lil metal tubes with a o-ringed cap that screws on for an airtight fitting. each one can hold around 5, in the smallest keychain size.

now, as a semi-experienced smoker (meaning, ive been smoking since i was 9, but ive only ever been able to afford mids, meaning never had anything better than mids) would one of these pills knock me on my ass, considering i smoke roughly an ounce of mids every week? and how many pills would a half ounce of mids make? or should i just buy an 8th of "dank" (if i can find it)? i want to make the pills as powerful as possible, and take maybe 1 every other day, to make then last. how much would these pills effect me, (i weight 180 lbs, im 5'7", 18 years old, with a slow metabolism.

you also said that the high lasts for 6-8 hrs? depending on the person? how many they took? or is that 6-8hrs for just one pill? if so thats awesome haha. anyways, i know ive asked alot of questions and rambles on alot, but if i could get these answers, i can go ahead and try to make these.

on a side note, im trying to get away from smoking. ive smoked cigs and weed since i was 9 (had a very loving brother >_>) and i can tell that i need to quit. i started rolling my own cigs as a way to cut down on them, basically i have to roll one everytime i want one, and im a lazy guy, so ive cut down to about half a pack a day from roughly around 1.5 packs a day. my weed id also like to cut down on, mainly because i smoke alot to get high, and when i physically smoke the weed, it makes me want a cig, which is why i wanna cut down on smoking. would you say that taking these pills would have an added bonus of helping people quit smoking (weed/cigs, due to not ingesting smoke, which could trigger a want of a cig)? even if it isnt id still like to try it.

thanks for the ideas, the wonderful guide, and all the information present. your awesome :).
+rep for you.

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Originally Posted by GoldenFerret

i plan to make around 100 of these capsules, mainly because they would be easier to have on my person. plus at my local headshop, and also at gas stations they sell these keychains that are pill holders, lil metal tubes with a o-ringed cap that screws on for an airtight fitting. each one can hold around 5, in the smallest keychain size.

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Hi GoldenFerret and thanks for the kind words.

I've got exactly the kind of holder you describe, but due to the capsule size (00), it only holds one (see picture), still useful to have around though.

The capsules, assuming you follow the extraction method and use something like coconut oil or clarified butter (Ghee), are not just very potent, but deliver the THC undiluted straight to the stomach and bloodstream.

For people who haven't tried eating weed before, just take one for the first time and see how you get on.
I'm 6'5 (an ex rugby player) and take them regularly, but even so, three will knock me on my ass for nine-ish hours (occasionally longer), don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon after taking one. Go for the better grade bud if you can get it, the difference will be noticeable.

Good luck with it and let us know how it goes :jointsmile:

the only reason i may end up using mids is because i only know one form of dealer for "dro" and they are scum of the earth people who rip off their own mothers, believe me, ive seen it. im currently owed by one of them 5grams of mids, and this is the 6th day. he even sold a bag short to his mom, and she knew it was short. so i may have to use mids, because i can find better people to get it from. is there any way to quicken the process? i dont have any of the materials, so id have to save and buy each first, but how far would 5grams get me if i used it all for the pills. meaning taking 5grams of mids, taking out stems and seeds, grinding up the bud, which would prolly leave me 3.5-4grams of bud. so using the 3.5-4grams of bud, i could make how many pills? and do you suggest smoking any bud beforehand, in order to be high while you wait for them to kick in?

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Originally Posted by GoldenFerret

how far would 5grams get me if i used it all for the pills. meaning taking 5grams of mids, taking out stems and seeds, grinding up the bud, which would prolly leave me 3.5-4grams of bud. so using the 3.5-4grams of bud, i could make how many pills? and do you suggest smoking any bud beforehand, in order to be high while you wait for them to kick in?

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Hi again GoldenFerret.


Here's the shortcut method for your circumstances:

Take your 3.5 - 4 grams of finely ground bud, and mix it with 15 grams (three level teaspoons) of: ideally coconut oil, but clarified butter will be fine (see how to make your own in this thread) and simmer it as per the instructions for two hours.

The oil and bud is exactly enough for 24 capsules.

You can buy a bag containing 100 online for about $3.00.

First time you try, don't smoke! When you ingest THC your liver converts the active compounds into a much stronger form of delta9 THC, which will result in strong psychological and physical effects like; euphoria; altered space-time perception; alteration of visual, auditory, and olfactory senses; and appetite stimulation.

In other words, there's a high probability you'll be more f@&ked up than you've ever been before. Once you get used to it however, give smoking a try to prolong the duration.

Hope this helps
Cheers
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very helpful indeed, but i didnt see how to clarify the butter, maybe i just overlooked it. thanks for the help!

No probs. :)

Clarified butter = post number 14 on first page

ah, didnt see that quote, saw the post tho lol. thanks for clarifing the subject of clarified butter, but ima go with coconut. thanks for the great info and putting up with my question!

Sorry, two more questions:

1) If only making about 12 capsules, how do you even begin to divide up the little amount of residue left over from a hash/kief conversion? Is the residue an essential part for each capsule to be strong?

2) How good does the hash have to be? I know I'm not buying soapbar, but at the same time, I'm not living in Morocco or the middle east, and I sure as hell don't have any nederhash or lab hash connections, so at the most, it's decent quality Moroccan hash. Will this still suffice to 12 fairly potent capsules? Perhaps I should use 1.5 grams of this decent hash?

Thanks man!