Smoking Vs. Eating

[VapedG13]

....................:hippy: here it is in a nut shell:hippy:...............................

A Leary biscuit is a snack consisting of a cracker, cheese, and ground up marijuana bud. It is heated in a microwave oven and causes a cannabis "high" in the eater. The heating is said to activate the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient in cannabis. In actuality, the heating simply increases the solubility of the THC in the fats and oils in the cheese. The plant material of cannabis is not easily digested, and so the THC is not readily absorbed into the bloodstream unless it is first dissolved in some kind of fat, oil, or alcohol. This is why cheese is used for the Leary biscuit - cheese has a high fat content, suitable for dissolving THC and making it more readily available for digestion.

It is also a widespread myth that THC must be heated to "activate" it. However, heating a cannabis food/drink preparation actually makes it more potent. What actually happens is that additional THC is formed from the chemical breakdown of inactive carboxylic acid THC derivatives present in the cannabis. The carboxylic acid derivatives are inactive themselves, but when heated they readily lose their carboxylate group as carbon dioxide, and active THC is formed. In some instances, heating can actually double the active THC content of the original starting plant material.

THC and other cannabinoids are hydrophobic oils. They are insoluble in water but soluble in alcohols, fats, and other oils. As cannabinoids are insoluble in water alone, they suffer from low bioavailability when eaten. By dissolving the cannabinoids in alcohol, fats, or oils (such as the fat in butter and cheese), their ability to be absorbed by the body is increased. Heating the THC in the presence of fats or oils simply accelerates the process of dissolution in the fats, from some hours at room temperature to minutes in the microwave.

Timothy Leary was reportedly fond of these concoctions, especially in the later years of his life (allegedly because his physician asked him to quit smoking ) and thus they are named for him.

[killerb]

I heard from the president of the US that there were weapons of mass destruction being built in Iraq by Sadam Hussein and that the US needed to invade Iraq and put an end to his weapon building. We never found any WMDs, lots of people have died, and trillions of dollars have been spent.

Don't believe everything you hear. :thumbsup:

I also heard that were in a crisis, and the only way we can get out of it is spend other peoples money. Don't believe everything you hear!

[DieselRyderGrow]

To anyone who actually thinks that eating marijuana without heating it first will not work, I encourage you to scarf down a 1/4 ounce and then walk into a courtroom.

[DieselRyderGrow]

Str8 eating the weed will not get you very high, your body is mainly water not fat. That is why if you extract the cannabinoids into a high sat fat butter or oil you will get F*&&ED up from that butt or oil.

What the heck are you talking about?!

What the the composition of our bodies have to do eating marijuana.

If we are mostly water then that means that we won't absorb lipids very well? Seriously?! Are you really stoned right now?!?

You really really really really really need to take some sort of biology course.

Sorry if this post was nothing but a flame, but I cannot believe the things that are being said--This is one of the worst.

[userofclock]

i think the reason for extracting is because our bodies dont really break up and digest plant matter that well, but it can digest lipids much better.

[ky1956]

Our bodies do a fine job of digesting plant material, thus the popularity of vegetable sections and salad bars in grocery stores. However by diffusing the chemical properties of MJ into a lipid (oil/butter) your body has fewer steps to go through to get the thc in a condition that will allow it to enter the bloodstream.
Raw plant material has to first be broken down before it's chemical properties can be absorbed, depending on how long this takes the absorption of thc may occur at such a slow rate that the desired effects can be lessened or non existent. With fat based thc the need to breakdown the plant material is skipped and fats pass readily into the bloodstream.

[userofclock]

thats what i meant
well put
lol
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