ok, to the question of will munchies be degrading to a high even before you consume the thc (i say consume cuz there's numerous ways to use weed) yes certain foods/drinks will have an effect on it.... weed is a downer type drug.... things like caffiene are uppers. if you say drink alot of soda, then that upper caffiene is going to have some type of effect on the downer weed you are consuming. if you really wanna go indepth search for foods that are known to give energy (and you'd be suprised with all that can give energy) and avoid them for 3-4 hours before you plan on smoking, the effects will be dramatic i promise you. also, i'd suggest taking a break for awhile (if you're a long time smoker) a month or so break, will almost (just not quite...) bring you to a newbie smoker level, where even a bowl of the shittiest weed will get you so stoned.... also you have to consider everyone's metabolism and body is diffrent, someone can stay high off weed for hours and hours, where if both you haven't even smoked in a year or ever, both smoke the same exact weed, and the same exact volume of smoke, and everything is exactly the same (down to .00000000000001 percent) someone's body may process it faster than others, meaning the feelins leave you faster than others. unfortunately i have an extremely fast metaboloism.....and i can smoke the same weed someone stays stoned out of their mind for hours and hours, but i stay high for an hour max. a good sign of a fast metabolism is being able to eat and eat, and you really never seem "full" but you never seem to gain weight ever....that means your body is better at breaking up the molecules that enter your body, therefore they're processed faster, and gotten rid of faster (i.e. the thc in your blood stream is processessed faster and disposed of) it's just simply put some people will go sober before others, and there's really nothing you can do about it. if you check the food you eat, or drinks you drink, and none seem to produce energy effects (i.e. uppers) and you go sober for a few weeks, and still get the same effects your shit out of luck....you're not hte only one with this problem...doesn't matter what i smoke, i'm sober within an hour... it has it's ups and downs....i'm just glad i can eat (and enjoy) as much food as i want and not have to worry about getting extremely over weight