Just SMOKED marijuana for the first time since August.

I have been vaporizing my meds since August and haven't smoked a cigarette since September 11. I thought I would be coughing up a lung but the smoke was actually quite satisfying.

The buzz feels heavier and better for night time.

How many people switch up their intake method to achieve more diverse and condition specific medicinal effects?

Not talking oils, hash... Specifically ingestion methods.

This experience sparked my interest as I have never really varied from smoking /vaporizing.

I have been using the same couple strains for a while now so I'm sure this isn't genetically influenced.

I can't stand the taste of popcorn or the fact you can't get a good haul..
Gave my extreme away only to get it back a week later.
Anytime you switch up... change what you are smoking. You get higher! Known fact.
Some people grow different strains just for that reason. So they always get the effect they are looking for.

gb123 said:

I can't stand the taste of popcorn or the fact you can't get a good haul..
Gave my extreme away only to get it back a week later.
Anytime you switch up... change what you are smoking. You get higher! Known fact.
Some people grow different strains just for that reason. So they always get the effect they are looking for.

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I was wondering more along the lines of whether people had a specific routine that they stuck too to treat a variety of symptoms


Good information still though

for example?

gb123 said:

for example?

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edibles for pain, smoking a joint for appetite stimulation, vaporizing for a more functional effect during the day, bong hits at night for sleep deprivation.

when you are sick, you take what you can any way you can.
You named them all mostly. and what people use it for.
Now, is it good for Pain? ... not so much. Compared to junk.
The only thing it can do is add to any opiate meds. Morph being the best partner. Pot by itself is not a good pain medication!
Inflammation is another story though.
Lots to read NSB. get at it.
My old boy used to say... Why ask something when you can go read and learn about it yourself.




Here's a few to start.

http://www.encod.org/info/700-MEDICINAL-USES-OF-CANNABIS.html

gb123 said:

when you are sick, you take what you can any way you can.
You named them all mostly. and what people use it for.
Now, is it good for Pain? ... not so much. Compared to junk.
The only thing it can do is add to any opiate meds. Morph being the best partner. Pot by itself is not a good pain medication!
Inflammation is another story though.
Lots to read NSB. get at it.
My old boy used to say... Why ask something when you can go read and learn about it yourself.




Here's a few to start.

http://www.encod.org/info/700-MEDICINAL-USES-OF-CANNABIS.html

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I hate having to explain that it's not a good pain medication on it's own. My cousin used it in conjunction with opiates to help relieve his pain. (nerve damage from a removed tumor in his foot). Thats when i started researching the shit out of MMJ.

I am highly aware of the wide variety of medical uses for cannabis, i was more interested specifically in intake methods.

thanks gb.

i have phases where i vape a lot, then smoke a ton of joints but usually its some kind of combo.. for a while i was using my volcano exclusively with low temps during the day and high temps at night.. been smoking a lot of joints lately though, must be all that cheap outdoor freezeland i got ahaha.. nothin like a nice fat joint at the end of the day, or four. i find it better for sleeping and eating and vape for functioning and anxiety

had a nice bong for a bit but i ended up selling it and havent really felt the need to buy another.. i have a smaller honeycomb bubbler i run my volcano bags through or use for dabs with a nail

good on ya for quitting cigs, probably one of the best things you did

I go with canna caps throughout the day and evening to maintain high doses of cannabinoids in my system and augment it in the evening with smoking and vaping. Usually vaping but, sometimes there's nothing like a nice fatty at the end of a long week to help melt the stress away and put things in perspective.

nsbudca said:

I hate having to explain that it's not a good pain medication on it's own. My cousin used it in conjunction with opiates to help relieve his pain. (nerve damage from a removed tumor in his foot). Thats when i started researching the shit out of MMJ.

I am highly aware of the wide variety of medical uses for cannabis, i was more interested specifically in intake methods.

thanks gb.

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From my son...
He smokes before eating to stimulate appetite and to keep the food down.
He uses vaporizer throughout the day when required (most days), more for convenience than anything else. He like the vape and smoke, says there are subtle differences but can't articulate them.
Likes to eat some at night before bed, gets the longest sleep that way.

Re what GB says....I'm no expert and can only say what I've seen from some patients and my son. They all seem to require a combination of opiates with the mmj to battle the severe pain. My son is really dialed in with low dose Methadone with a variety of strains.

I will concede that I do not have great pain control...but I like not feeling out of it more. Cold beer helps, I just can't see ever using opiates again.

WHATFG said:

I will concede that I do not have great pain control...but I like not feeling out of it more. Cold beer helps, I just can't see ever using opiates again.

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I hear you...wtf is up with that shirt?
Re opiates...my kid is way less "out of it" now that he's on methadone versus the dilaudid.
I was really concerned with the direction we were headed with hydromorphone, so thrilled that our pain doc knows what he's doing and suggested getting on methadone...huge difference.

I'm just trying to be like hippy and change it up almost every day...

I'll smoke Jonints, bong, vape all In the same day. Depends what I'm doing.

This might sound crazy but I find sometimes the type and size of the pipe I use to smoke makes a difference. I got glass, wood, stone, etc. Sometimes just smoking the same bud in a different pipe makes it seems like different bud.

Also I hate smoking before I eat. Not sure why, well cause I enjoy it less but I don't understand why. I always make sure I am not feeling starved before I smoke..expect early in the morning. I wake up often not wanting to eat anything or just a few bites of fruit or grains and lots of water then I can smoke just fine and eat hours later on..like lunchtime..then I'm starved and thats when only food sounds good to me.

I love smoking after dinner as to before dinner, it makes so much of a difference. I don't even like smelling food as I smoke, yuck. All I like to drink is water also, anything else kind of ruins the buzz many times. Sometimes soda pop is OK but often water just seems better

Vaporing never work as good as smoking for me, it works, yes, its just not as enjoyable unless my lungs are sore, then it seems better..its likely is more healthy for u, its too bad we didn't have vapors long ago. First timed I tried it I was over 40 years old, by then I was too far gone I believe to really enjoy it..I hate seeing all that tar in my pipes..thats another thing, I'm too lazy to clean my pipes often, once they get all tared up, I get brand new pipes...I do try to recycle my pipes now, find a new home for them vs throwing them away. A clean pipe seems better than a tared up pipe.

Joints are always good, they just stink more then smoking out of a pipe and that paper can't be good to smoke, so I try not to smoke joints but outside they seem just fine

Drop your glass pipes in iso alcohol and let them soak. All that gunk will come off the glass and you can start again! You make have to change the alcohol in the soak bucket.

WHATFG said:

Drop your glass pipes in iso alcohol and let them soak. All that gunk will come off the glass and you can start again! You make have to change the alcohol in the soak bucket.

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Another "spin" on this technique is to put your pipe in a Ziploc bag with ISO and some coarse table salt. Shake that bastard until clean, rinse and dry.

ISO and rice works well for a quick bong cleaning.

Yeah I know, I recall the old days at Vapor Central, the gals used to clean their rental bongs-and even your own pipes if they were pretty new -with Q tips and rubbing alcohol or iso. I told myself I will too do it but like never ever yet have, lol.Melody was one of the gals and they used to also get stoned mid day and the music was blasting at right at opening time at 10 am....now the place doesn't open until 11 am and its much more mellow and quieter until later in the day

Gmack420 said:

ISO and rice works well for a quick bong cleaning.

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ahh good idea...ive been buying that orange bong cleaner for 20$ a month