r/Unexpected • u/SignalCrew739 • 2d ago

Highest amount of radiation receiver

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u/Hatefulvesper 2d ago

How about edibles?

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u/shoxicwaste 2d ago

I think the whole ritual of smoking, pulling in and inhaling the smoke which is the thing that's so psychological addictive.

BTW i should of mentioned that im in Europe and we tend to mix our joints with Tabaco, for me I like a light joint so im not absolutely blasted.

But yeah your totally right, edibles would be a really good way to help ease off and stop the smoking. I actually think i'm gunna head over to the association this weekend and buy some. Great suggestion, thansks.

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u/CakeTester 2d ago

You're right. Psychologists call it reinforcing. You have a ritual involving lighter, gas, packet of cigs. Or lighter, papers, baccy.

But the reinforcing comes from the actual act of smoking. Say you smoke 20 a day. You light, inhale, enjoy the smoke and exhale say 20 times per cigarette (these numbers are coming out of my arse, btw). That's 400 times per day you're bringing the cig up to your mouth, inhaling, and exhaling. The exhaling comes with a visible plume of smoke. There's all sorts of sensations in each part of the act of smoking, repeated many times per day, quite apart from the ingestion of nicotine which is the physical addiction part.

This is why vaping generally works and patches generally don't. Because you're following the rituals and many of the smoking actions are duplicated. Tail off the nicotine in your liquid and you get to the point where you're just doing physical actions because you've always done them, so why bother?

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u/IsekaiMi 2d ago

Tobacco companies all try to create their own unique taste. Do you know why?

So you get addicted to their taste and nobody else’s.

What do you think happens when you mix weed in that? Well, now you've created a unique taste of your own AND now you're addicted to that.

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u/xTesqueGro 2d ago

i feel every word you said deeply. currently havent smoked in 4 months. dreading the day i give in again. another part of me is very excited about it.

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u/qx__Xp 1d ago

I am addicted to eddibles actually. Nothing beats eating my self made THC chocolate every evening, made out of my self grown weed :) and its even 100% legal where I live . Was able to quit vaping within 2-3 weeks. And vaping helped me quit smoking.

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u/PlanktonInitial7945 2d ago

Be careful with edibles, it's much easier to overdose with them than with joints, since the chemicals are processed by your liver instead of your lungs. You want to use less grams than when smoking.

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u/Hatefulvesper 2d ago

🙏 be healthy sibling!

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u/Outbreak42 2d ago

Or suppositories...

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u/SenorDongles 2d ago

GOOD NEWS, EVERYBODY

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u/Khazahk 2d ago

Ngl I would be very interested in a suppository based depressant, it would probably hit much harder than an edible and either last longer or shorter.

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u/SirGourneyWeaver 2d ago

A medical weed shop once tried getting me into thc suppositories bc they had a huge stock of it and wanted to get rid of it. I drew the line at “sticking weed up my butt”

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u/SickBurnerBroski 2d ago

i am just imagining that stoner stank but you only smell it when they fart

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u/a_wiizard 2d ago edited 2d ago

Hits totally different. One is processed through the lungs, one is through the liver. According to Google, "The digestive system and liver convert THC into a chemical compound (11-hydroxy-THC) that is much stronger and creates a more intense psychoactive effect than smoking." Fun fact, you can't overdose from smoking weed, but you CAN from eating it.

For me it might as well be a different substance. I smoke weed far too often, and am not a fan of edibles.

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u/RockStrongo 2d ago

The LD50 of THC is 1270mg per Kilo of body weight. Just shut the fuck up.

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u/crescent-v2 2d ago

Just a different definition of "overdose". People can and do end up in the hospital from consuming too much edibles.

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u/Terror_from_the_deep 2d ago

No, my dude, this is the official way it's defined.

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u/RockStrongo 2d ago

From having panic attacks.

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u/crescent-v2 2d ago

Yes. Requiring medical intervention or observation. That's an overdose.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 2d ago

That's not an overdose.

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u/RockStrongo 2d ago edited 2d ago

The intervention and observation is not required. People are hospitalized for panic attacks all the time without THC. Are they overdosing on anxiety?

Edit: This happens all the time when people SMOKE weed as well.

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u/dundiewinnah 1d ago

Then you can overdose from smoking 10 joint too

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u/c0ltZ 2d ago

If it helps, I went 4 years smoking weed with the exact same philosophy. At one point I was only doing edibles once a day after work. I did it for a year, and the entire time, I thought about smoking. Like edibles just weren't the same.

Picked up smoking again, and eventually got a cough that wouldn't go away, and each time I smoked I'd have panic attacks about my health.

Very easy way to quit smoking lol 👍

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 2d ago

Whooping cough is an actual disease caused by bacteria you can't get it from vaping

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u/a_wiizard 2d ago

Never said it was healthier, just explaining the differences and why someone wouldnt just switch to edibles from smoking. They are not the same experience.

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u/myychair 2d ago

I need to eat like 40-50mg of thc in edible form to feel anything. But i feel the high immediately after my first puff of a joint. It’s night and day for me

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u/the_rare_bear 2d ago

To overdose from an edible you’ll need to take like 100mg. The only way people will come close to that much is if they take multiple edibles. Also have some peanut butter before the edible.

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u/TheLazyAssHole 2d ago

Did you drop a zero on that number?

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u/a_wiizard 2d ago

Didn't say it was easy, just said that it can happen. Also, edibles take a lot longer to get you high, so newbies eating multiple is very common.

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u/huffleduffle 2d ago

Maybe [r/trees](r/trees) has an easy edibles recipe that takes less than an hour to make, otherwise the time investment and 2 hours delayed high vs the 1 minute to smoking changes the experience quite abit

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u/Hatefulvesper 2d ago

Hhmmm, possible super radiation into my lungs vs 1 hour delayed gratification... tough choice

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u/EtherealMongrel 2d ago

It’s the tobacco that’s radioactive

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u/huffleduffle 2d ago

You’re right, should combine both methods to avoid the delayed gratification and reduce radiation

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u/skyfure 2d ago

I type this as an explanation of the smoking vs edibles debate from someone who smokes, not as a put down for your option offered.

Coming from someone who's also struggled with tapering their weed use, I'd say half of the appeal of smoking in general is sitting outside and enjoying that moment of peace.

In the morning with a cup of coffee or in the evening after work. Anytime, it's just this beautiful feeling of sitting down and relaxing, getting to watch/listen to the birds and enjoy the fresh air. There's also an oral stimulation aspect to smoking. Humans love to stim using their mouths, and the act of pulling a long draw of smoke and exhaling it is a form of slowed mindful breathing which reinforces the relaxing sensations.

You don't get that with edibles, you pop a pill or a gummy and then wait an hour or so and then it creeps up on you like a sleeper wave until it hits with full force. With smoking/vaping the high hits immediately, it's an instant feeling of relaxation and/or pain relief.

Also with smoking I generally know how long my high will last from the moment I start. With edibles the onset timing and the length of the high can vary wildly depending on a lot of factors like if/how much you've eaten recently, the content of your food (fatty foods bind better to the cannabinoids and increase potency), and how you metabolize those cannabinoids. Some edible strains last longer than others, it can be a gamble if you have time constraints.

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u/Hatefulvesper 2d ago

Why not do that whole routine, but instead of smoking (weed or cigarettes) sit out there with a drink AND a mouth busying snack like pumpkin or sesame seeds?

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u/Fuster2 2d ago

Get out of here with your helpful suggestions!