am I doing this right?

[mamabig]

I don't smoke because I had pneumonia two years ago, and cough quite a bit at any irritation. So I have tried to smoke it, bought a little glass pipe, but just cough so much. Maybe I'm just afraid, but may try it again.

another reason I'm wanting to do this stuff is that I've been diagnosed 'borderline glaucoma' and I have read in numerous places that mj can stop it from getting worse.

mamabig Reviewed by mamabig on 02-05-2007. am I doing this right? First, I am a newbie to marijuana...trying it out to see if it will ease pain of arthritis, and maybe insomnia. I cannot smoke, so I baked up a bunch of oatmeal cookies with happy butter. (1/4 cup of ground weed with a cup of butter). I ate one cookie at 2:30PM yesterday, and didn't feel much until 2 hours later! Then I was 'out of it' until 7:30....mildly giddy, very relaxed, and didn't want to do anything but sit around. My hubby kept talking to me (not knowing what I'd eaten) and his speech Rating: 5

[2600HERTZ]

Definately sounds like you were stoned.

[EmoRebellion]

Well if thats the case, get some kind of water pipe. Not only will it be less harsh on the throat, but it will be nicer to your lungs as well. A vape will work wonders too, but the nice ones can be expensive.

[Nochowderforyou]

I don't smoke because I had pneumonia two years ago, and cough quite a bit at any irritation. So I have tried to smoke it, bought a little glass pipe, but just cough so much. Maybe I'm just afraid, but may try it again.

another reason I'm wanting to do this stuff is that I've been diagnosed 'borderline glaucoma' and I have read in numerous places that mj can stop it from getting worse.

I'm sorry to hear that. That must suck some major balls.

Have you considered a vaporizor? That heats up the cannabis tpo a certain temp. to the point where it doesn't burn, but instead, the THC itself just gets vaped. I have used one before, and I can tell you, it feels like you're just breathing in air, and it does the job. Vapes work amazingly well (with a good model) and produce no smoke, and very little smell. Something worth investing into if you cannot smoke.

It sounds like you cooked the cannabis in the butter. For next time, simmer the butter and cannabis together, at a low temp. (Mark 3 or 4 on the stove). Let it simmer for about 20-30 minutes. The butter should be green after.

Keep in mind that cannabis has a vaporizing temp. of 220degC, so if you exceed that temp. while cooking, the cannabis effects will be greatly lowered and may become 100% useless.

[Storm Crow]

Hi there, I'm a 59 year old female mmj user. The time distortion is normal and you'll just have to figure out a dosage by trial and error, like the rest of us did. I strongly recommend that you get a vaporizer. They are way easier on the lungs than a pipe. I toked for 40 years and my lungs were a mess! Two weeks after getting a Vapor Brother's, my lungs were clear! I got mine at discountworldonline.com. Good price and good service. As a medical user, you may want to visit treatingyourself.com- a medical marijuana site. Lots of good people there and since we are mostly mmj users, the tone is a bit more mature and serious than Cannabis.com (You guys are great, too, but in a different way.) - Granny:stoned:

[mamabig]

ahhh, granny....a kindred soul. I too am 59. Scary age to be, feeling younger...I bought a small vaporizer, but can't quite figure out how to use it. I tried this: Draw in, wait until the bowl fills with smoke, draw again and COUGH COUGH CUoooooOGH as the smoke fills lungs.

[BongSmokityDuo]

try turning the vaporizer heat down, sounds like you got one of the cheaper ones, but hopefully it'll do the trick

[666300]

Its normal for it to take up to two hours if you eat marijuana.