Edibles and Overdose - Newbies Read This

pushu said:

I am fairly new to edibles - only introduced to this a couple months ago. I just love this way to get high and happy not to smoke anymore.
Just a bit of history about me... I am 55 and in excellent health. exercise every day and have a good diet. Take no medications and have no health issues I have been a regular weed smoker for 30 years - not every day but close.

Last night we were going to dinner with some friends. I had not ingested any weed in a couple days and decided that about 30-45 min before we went out I would have a firecracker. I was sitting at the bar - had a couple beers and was thinking to myself that I was somewhat dissapointed in my high and if was pretty mild. It wasn't long after thinking that, that the shit hit the fan. I began to get a wicked buzz... things seemed a bit surreal. voices seemed to go into the background and I felt the room beginning to spin. I was having hot flashed and felt I need to go out and get some air. I went to get off my bar stool and that was the last thing I remember. I awoke outside (helped there by friends) and found myself aware of what was going on but unable to speak or comprehend what others were saying. I blacked out once more and the next thing I know here comes the ambulance. I was taken to the hospital where I spent most of the evening undergoing tests from xrays, EKG's and bloodwork. I was so afraid that they do some sort of drug testing but I guess they didn't. I was released with the promise to see my regular doctor this week. Now unless I fess up to my doctor, I'm sure I will have to put up with several more expensive tests.
So basically, I OD'd on pot. never thought it could happen. I can smoke pot from the time I get up until I go to bed and have never had this kind of effect.
Let me tell you my dose... the firecracker I had was made from the leftover weed from making cannabutter. I squeezed out the weed and instead of discarding the used up weed like any recepie calls for, I made firecrackers out of them. I think my downfall was that I hadn't eaten since breakfast and took it on a completly empty stomach.
So there is my warning to you newbies. I never thought such a thing could happen to me but it did... so be warned with how much you take all at once.

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AHAHAHAHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-iBJQFMvgo

Pushu once they have a bad OVERDOSE of medibles... they will come running back to say OMG you were sooo right...
it sucks.. I mean REALLY SUCKS ASS to consume over the amount you want.. I know I was having a great time for about a whole 30 mins... then it was down hill... but the 30 mins were great!! I would never want to risk it again.. it was a VERY mushroom like feeling...for a whole 10-15 mins then the rest of the 8 hours (before I finally was able to convince myself to go to sleep... woke up still high (very dizzy like you feel after a hangover.. lol)

I know weigh everything as to not repeat the process.. and I WAIT 60-90 mins before dosing again.. I just made green dragon and it's damn potent!!

yaa it happens to alot of people acually its wierd, back like 8 years ago it happend to me i was smoking reggs like every day then we smoked some chronic shit one day and i was feeling good then all the sudden i turned super white like sick and the room started spinning and i broke out into a crazy sweat it was nuts i even puked a little i just kept think WTF WTF WTF lol then after a fe hours i turned back to normal and smoke the same shit and was just fine. then a while later it happend to my other frend too so we all started calling i "the whiteys" cause thats what happens pretty much lol.

but i just cant believe you went to the hospital that remindes me of the dude that was a cop and ate those brownies with his wife and called 911 saying they where going to die Lol

Ku$hc0Wb0Y said:

yaa it happens to alot of people acually its wierd, back like 8 years ago it happend to me i was smoking reggs like every day then we smoked some chronic shit one day and i was feeling good then all the sudden i turned super white like sick and the room started spinning and i broke out into a crazy sweat it was nuts i even puked a little i just kept think WTF WTF WTF lol then after a fe hours i turned back to normal and smoke the same shit and was just fine. then a while later it happend to my other frend too so we all started calling i "the whiteys" cause thats what happens pretty much lol.



but i just cant believe you went to the hospital that remindes me of the dude that was a cop and ate those brownies with his wife and called 911 saying they where going to die Lol

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ok now imagine that same buzz you had... lasting for 8 hours.. and being 5x more powerfull then a smoked buzz... I can smoke anything and LOTS of it.. hash chronic.. etc.. I have not ever been like I was on medibles.. I just drank some GD about 20 mins ago.. only needed 3 eyedroppers full to get me BUZZ off my ass... funny thing was I was rolling a j to go and smoke it and then the GD hits me.. and I am still not left the couch.. lol

there crackers with panut butter ,nutela , and weed and u put them in the oven and i guess they get you blown

Ku$hc0Wb0Y said:

there crackers with panut butter ,nutela , and weed and u put them in the oven and i guess they get you blown

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Firecrackers have never worked for me (prob my method) I did make some budder from a couple of ounces of trim. The result was the most potent medibles I've ever had In my life. They did have a faint taste of bud though the effects were worth the turd in mouth taste.

Ku$hc0Wb0Y said:

yaa it happens to alot of people acually its wierd, back like 8 years ago it happend to me i was smoking reggs like every day then we smoked some chronic shit one day and i was feeling good then all the sudden i turned super white like sick and the room started spinning and i broke out into a crazy sweat it was nuts i even puked a little i just kept think WTF WTF WTF lol then after a fe hours i turned back to normal and smoke the same shit and was just fine. then a while later it happend to my other frend too so we all started calling i "the whiteys" cause thats what happens pretty much lol.

but i just cant believe you went to the hospital that remindes me of the dude that was a cop and ate those brownies with his wife and called 911 saying they where going to die Lol

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Believe me, it wasn't by my choice to go to the hospital. I was with a group of friends who would have no idea that I had eaten some pot (or smoke it) It just wasn't the time or place for me to say "I'm just overly fucked up from eating weed"
the ambulance was there by the time I was awake enough to know what was going on. They took my blood pressure, which was something like 80/40 and the nurse says "oh yea.. you're going to the hospital"
the whole night sucked ass big time

ITS NOT AN OVERDOSE! Cannabis isnt toxic, you cannot overdose on cannabis. You can get too high for your personal preference, but it doesnt count as an overdose because it cant cause long term harm.

Just because you smoke/eat more than your looking for, freak out and feel like "your gonna die" doesnt mean you are going to, ever.

In simple terms: People who say you can overdose on pot = fail according to the SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.

...bad weed? ....or good weed?

Harrekin said:

ITS NOT AN OVERDOSE! Cannabis isnt toxic, you cannot overdose on cannabis. You can get too high for your personal preference, but it doesnt count as an overdose because it cant cause long term harm.

Just because you smoke/eat more than your looking for, freak out and feel like "your gonna die" doesnt mean you are going to, ever.

In simple terms: People who say you can overdose on pot = fail according to the SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY.

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and folks who dont understand this is medicine to SOME of us... and a DOSE... is a DOSE is a DOSE... and OVER THAT DOSE... well that what the people who have been there and done that.. call and OVER DOSE OF THEIR MEDS... no one is claiming they died..(well maybe that stupid cop) but yes... TECHNICALLY anything over the normal does of what you take BE it... asprin food or whatever.. is OVER THE DOSE.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overdose any future arguements should be taken up with dictionary.com... and the other reference sites which states what an overdose is...

gioua said:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overdose any future arguements should be taken up with dictionary.com... and the other reference sites which states what an overdose is...

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*Facepalm*
Cannabis is a psychotropic drug. The reason its used is because it by chemical design binds to receptor sites in the brain causing a euphoric and/or sedative/pain relieving effect. As Iv said many many times, if you take too much, that is your own fault. You cannot "dose" cannabis, its a plant not a synthetic chemical, you can make an approximation on how much of it you want to "use" based on the psychoactive/sedative effect you desire, but this is not a dose. It is a guesstimation of how much you want to smoke/consume.

Now this is where you seem to have it all mixed up...If you guess wrong and take too much, your not overdosing, your simply making the effect too strong for personal preference. Its not gonna kill, hospitalise or even harm you. Just go lie down. Try take too much cocaine or heroin and see what happens. THAT is an overdose.

Im not gonna argue semantics with you, but going online and trying to publicly say you can "overdose" on cannabis is just spreading mistruths that the already stigmatised substance does not need.

If you cant handle your weed, go lie down, dont go telling people online that you overdosed on it because YOU CANNOT OVERDOSE ON IT. It is impossible to administer a dosage of THC that is toxic to the human body, if you were to try smoke the amount required, you'd actually die of carbon monoxide poisoning before getting to a 1/4 of the "overdose" or "toxic" amount.

Seriously God damn people, how many times do we sensible people (including the actual scientists studying this!) have to say "you cant overdose on weed, its pretty much harmless" before Government and people in general start listening?!

EDIT: Also, seperately but for the record, since you claim its purely a medicine to you, when Sativex is approved, are you gonna change over to that? Since it is just processed cannabis really, so it is natural, and will give you all the same pain relief you want with little of the high.

Or are you gonna be honest and say you like cannabis because conveniently its a drug that also acts as a medicine?

I see it alot on this site, just like some of the above messages. Its hilarious when the medicinal people try talk down from their "moral high ground" (no pun intended) to us recreational smokers about how its "their medicine", but when they're offered something that does the same job with no high they say they wanna stick to the plant. Recreational smokers are as entitled as you to use the plant, its for all, intention completly unimportant so dont try speak to us from your high-horse.

I never said anything about not warning people, but using the word "overdose" is misinforming people and is one of the reason pot isnt legal. Because when the general population hear cannabis they think drug like heroin or crack, and using words like overdose simply perpetuates the myth that cannabis is harmful and dangerous.

As Iv said a million times, people need to jsut moderate the amount they use, but if you do too much its not an overdose, its an overindulgance and at worst you'll just need to go for a nap for a while.

Infact here, go read yourself : http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Is+it+possible+to+overdose+on+cannabis?

And for the record Marinol is just synthetic THC, Sativex is actually extracted from the cannabis plant with only the medicinally beneficial bits left in. Its used as a oral spray and relieves pain/spasmosity the same as cannabis with minimal psychoactive effects due to the ratios of cannaboids in it. So its a cannabis medicine without the ill effects from smoking (carcogens) and little high, sounds perfect for all these "I only do it cos its medicinal" people.

However the majority of them still want to smoke weed and jump up on their high horse about how they "need it" and its a "medicine" and look down on or think their opinion is more valid than someone who smokes cos they enjoy it.

I believe every adult in every society should be equally free to smoke/eat/consume cannabis if they want, whether medicinally or for recreation.

Im not taking a dig at medicinal users, but gioua above tried to say that because he uses it medicinally he can "overdose" and tried to talk down to me and use semantics to win his argument, and its this foolish and arrogant thought that cannabis is a medicine as opposed to a psychoactive drug with medicinal properties that really pisses me off.

i agree the word over dose has a very strong negative connotation. the denotation may apply in this instance but the connotation never applies to cannabis. if you cant handle edibles then dont eat them or take it slow like everyone says. it is a personal responsibility to regulate your own drug intake.

Vasovagal reaction: A reflex of the involuntary nervous system that causes the heart to slow down (bradycardia) and that, at the same time, affects the nerves to the blood vessels in the legs permitting those vessels to dilate (widen). As a result the heart puts out less blood, the blood pressure drops, and what blood is circulating tends to go into the legs rather than to the head. The brain is deprived of oxygen and the fainting episode occurs.

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This is a common response to a variety of stressful situations when a person has not eaten recently.

The main issue with medibles is ... it's made (generally) with weed.. not hash.. weed vaires in everything... HASH not soo much.. I mean a g of hash is a g of almost all thc a gram of weed can be only .15-.25% if that high.. has allows you to know the correct ammounts and most folks dont use hash too much work... but you will get better results and have less Over dosages..