Have you ever activated your weed?

[LIP]

Havnt tried it yet, but for now im staying with BS.

I'm going to give it a shot tonight - but i admit im expecting it to be a waste of time.

[Kai as a kite]

I don't know, I wish there were more conclusive studies or something, because there are a lot of people on both sides. I've done it before, and after sharing a bowl with my roommate, we were spaced. But I've also tried it with different weed, and it didn't really do much.

[LIP]

I think it's more placebo than anything.

[WeedyBoyWonder]

It's not a placebo IMO, because it's backed up with scientific evidence that its converting THCA into THC or someting like that. If people would try it before knocking it, then that would be good considering we should all be open minded people considering this is a Cannabis forum and we oppress the worlds haters.

I found it gave me much more of a head high. It made the high feel much 'cleaner', lighter and generally not so groggy after a session.

I put pretty much all of my weed in the oven now.

[imitator]

I notice the difference between my mic'ed bud and my non-mic'ed bud. I mic about 3/4 of my bud, and leave the other 1/4O alone just so I can enjoy the original taste and high from the stuff, and the difference is notable for sure.

It works best with lower grade weed, as the properly cured high quality stuff has already done the majority of the THCA -> THC conversion. I can take low end mids and get wrecked out of my mind on a single bowl, when it normally takes me 5-6 bowls to get that high. But high end stuff just seems slightly different, not alot, but noticable because the high changes slightly.

And we ruled out the placebo effect in my apartment because we would take turns with bowl packing on putting in mic'ed or non-mic'ed weed without letting the others know which it is, and seeing if the others noticed or got higher, and without fail every time, they were able to tell if it was mic'ed or not.

[imitator]

Havnt tried it yet, but for now im staying with BS.

I'm going to give it a shot tonight - but i admit im expecting it to be a waste of time.

I thought the same thing, but was curious and tried it. I figured I was going to feel like an idiot who just wasted weed in a microwave, but was pleasantly suprised when I couldnt get off the couch for two hours off of a bowl of mids.

It will dry up your weed some more, obviously, so it burns quicker, but the smoke is a bit smoother. I can notice a difference in the taste between mic'ed and non-mic'ed sometimes, but its very subtle, and I cant always tell the difference taste wise.

[nightlight]

BS.... if you could just activate weed, youw oudln' tneed to cook it in fat, you could just cook it then eat it... when it's heated (microwave, oven or by fire) it releases vapor that contains pretty much the only reason anyone even likes weed (cannabiniods, thc w/e) if there's not fat to capture it (vaporizer works on the same principal actually) it goes in the air and you don't get it, therefore you just wasted your weed..

it's placebo, period.

actually when you heat it at a temperature lower than that which the thc and cannabinoids vaporize for a certain period of time it transforms alot of the non psychoactive thc into psychoactive thc. i have done this many times and had great results each time. the microwave is iffy, but throw your bud in the oven for 10 minutes at like 160 degrees you are set.

[silkyblue]

Ive been activating my own stash
for medicinal purposes now for 7 approx. years,

no difference in studies done in my lab
for apothecarys and anecdotal remedys

:jointsmile:

[olliegrow]

its works perfect for me almost evey time, put some herb on paper, stick into microwave for about 20 seconds then smoke. I notice right away it smokes better and its stronger, goes stright to the head like a gong...lol...try it and see for yourself, works on shwag and high grade but better when a little fresh.

[imitator]

actually when you heat it at a temperature lower than that which the thc and cannabinoids vaporize for a certain period of time it transforms alot of the non psychoactive thc into psychoactive thc. i have done this many times and had great results each time. the microwave is iffy, but throw your bud in the oven for 10 minutes at like 160 degrees you are set.

Ive done the oven thing, and it definitely changes the smell and taste some, almost fruity flavored with my stuff.

The microwave isnt too bad, Ive found that 20-30 seconds per 1-2 bowls works really well.