Have you ever activated your weed?

[mfqr]

If it is placebo then it does not increase THC. In this case it is not placebo I donâ??t have to believe it works because chemistry makes it work. Some of us are long time smokers and can easily tell if this works or not especially when tolerance is high. The only reason people doubt this method is because they donâ??t understand it.

Well said.

[blunt smoker]

If it is placebo then it does not increase THC. In this case it is not placebo I donâ??t have to believe it works because chemistry makes it work. Some of us are long time smokers and can easily tell if this works or not especially when tolerance is high. The only reason people doubt this method is because they donâ??t understand it.

I'm not saying it is actually increasing the THC, but one is believing that it is.

[blunt smoker]

Well... there is a lot of people who believed that it would not work, but did make the experiment anyway, and reported positive results. I dont think it fits in the definition of "placebo"...

That's a different story.

[WeedyBoyWonder]

I agree that it is ONLY the placebo effect. A lot of things today are believed due to the placebo rule. Though it does not hurt to have a placebo.

Studies show that a placebo actually does increase the effect of a specific substance (weed being this case). This is so because since you are believing the substance's effect is being increased, it usually does. imp:

SO, even though the microwave example is probably a placebo.. who cares? It'll still increase the effectiveness of the THC, but ONLY if you believe it is.

Toke on tokers, toke on.

I tried putting my bud in the OVEN, with a totally open mind. I didn't hope and want it to work so badly the high I had after smoking was a "placebo", thats bollocks. If it didn't work, I wouldn't have cared either way, I just wanted to try it.
Besides the fact it has scientific stuff backing it up, like the conversion of THCA (a non psychoactive substance) to THC (a psychoactive substance)... clear as day to me that this does actually work.

[CheeseOnToast]

So wheres all of the "science" coming from? credible links please. I want to read through every equation , all the theory, every page, from an author who actually knows what they are doing.

[Gothen]

So wheres all of the "science" coming from? credible links please. I want to read through every equation , all the theory, every page, from an author who actually knows what they are doing.

Exactly! Thats the way I feel about it. There is absolutely no scientific evidence to prove any of this, and the fact that people all over these topics are just spouting "conversion of THCA" to "THC" is, to use an English term, complete BOLLOCKS! (...did I spell that right??)

[imitator]

Exactly! Thats the way I feel about it. There is absolutely no scientific evidence to prove any of this, and the fact that people all over these topics are just spouting "conversion of THCA" to "THC" is, to use an English term, complete BOLLOCKS! (...did I spell that right??)

I dont have the science behind it, but I do have personal experience and the fact that everyone I have introduced to this has started smoking their bud that way all the time.

Have you tried it yet? Just a bowl of some mids that you normally smoke, microwaved? If not, how do you know it doesnt work?

Like I said, I cant provide you with scientific evidence, others might... but how about the "One Bowl Challenge"? Try a bowl microwaved for 25 seconds, and smoke it, and see if you notice anything.

Considering that you are a neighsayer, the placebo effect shouldnt really be a problem, and in the end, whats the worst that happens? You wasted all of 25 seconds to microwave a bowl's worth of weed, and you get to come back here and say that everyone was wrong.... you cant really lose on that challenge.

[CheeseOnToast]

haha, yes, thats how you spell bollocks :P

Someone probably wondered if he could get people to nuke their bud by telling them it increases potency. Then one person has believed it worked because they wanted to believe it, and confirmed it. And now we have a chain of people saying it works.

Anyone can throw a fancy scientific term into a sentence and say it works. So far there hasn't been a link to anywhere that explains this "transformation", and a vague summary at best.

Once someone gives me a paper on the process from a credible author ill consider believing it, maybe even trying it.

[imitator]

haha, yes, thats how you spell bollocks :P

Someone probably wondered if he could get people to nuke their bud by telling them it increases potency. Then one person has believed it worked because they wanted to believe it, and confirmed it. And now we have a chain of people saying it works.

Anyone can throw a fancy scientific term into a sentence and say it works. So far there hasn't been a link to anywhere that explains this "transformation", and a vague summary at best.

Once someone gives me a paper on the process from a credible author ill consider believing it, maybe even trying it.

While that seems a bit silly to refuse to try something so simple and harmless, thats your choice, and more power to you man.

Ill light up a nuked bowl tonight in your place, because in the end, it doesnt matter how you do it, as long as you have fun while you are doing it. :thumbsup:

[CheeseOnToast]

btw is that a baby-burger in your avatar?