I tried the microwave method with good success. To reduce the possibility of over cooking (and flames)I ran the microwave for one minute intervals and stirred the herb before restarting the microwave. Did this 3 times then reduced the time to 30 seconds. It took 4 or 4.5 minutes to dry out about 1.5 grams of herb but it was very wet. It smoked better and seemed to have some new dynamics, but it is a little hard to judge since I was stoned at the end of my experiment.

In an attempt to enhance my results I cleaned a joints worth of herb, placed it in a measuring cup (Pyrex to deal with heating), but instead of putting water on it I added half of an eyedropper of some very strong tincture. Just enough to make it quite moist, but not sitting in a puddle like I had done with water on my first batch.

Because of the small quantity involved I ran the microwave at 10 second intervals, stirring between each restart. After 30 seconds (3-10 second cooking periods) I switched to 5 seconds intervals for a total of 45 seconds total.

The effects were impressive, got nothing done for the next 3-4 hours,with residual effects for about 2 more hours after that. Certainly worth trying again when I have the time to be that immobilized.

The tincture I used has been made the old fashioned way of soaking in alcohol for a month, what made this tincture particularly potent is that I have used the same alcohol (1.5oz vodka) to soak about 2 grams at a time, 3 different times. That is that this 1.5oz of vodka has been used marinate 6 grams of reefer over the past 90 days.:thumbsup