Quote Originally Posted by norkali
The heat from the burning joint gets drawn along with the smoke down through the joint as you smoke it, basically "activating the THC" (like when you make pot brownies,) so, in theory, you could get (a little) high(er) off of eating roaches.
That's actually a myth that the THC is activated by heat. Brownies and firecrackers actually work because THC is fat soluble and cooks into the fat of whatever you are putting it into.