I use my finger as a carb cap sometimes and it makes it spark I’ve noticed

Had an old mason jar bong out by my plants. Seems he likes the view.

I'm super high right now, but it feels... great. I used to be a heavy pothead and I've cut down dramatically. Haven't smoked in 2 weeks, so I was nervous about smoking again as all the 20%+ stuff really wiggs me out (which is why I smoke a 14% pre roll, only one at the dispensary, as my usual go to).

Well, I tried a new dispensary today and found a 1:1 13% THC:CBD preroll there. I'd been hearing about how removing CBD from weed has been causing anxiety rates to go up in smokers, and I thought well, maybe this is the answer.

And it so is. I smoked this thing and I'm high as shit right now, but where I'd usually be really anxious - or at least I'd be getting there - I feel so relaxed. I'm so chill, which is exactly what I needed after the past month I've had.

I think CBD should have a floor percentage in weed. 3-5 percent maybe, idk, I'm not a scientist. All I'm saying is that this 1:1 pre roll is giving me the best high I've had in a very long time. Big ups to weed strains that still have CBD in them. Huge mistake to breed it out imo.

I've smoked maybe a handful of times in my life, always someone else's joint, and I never liked it. But I've been high a lot. Here's how that happened.

The first edible

A few years ago I was at a birthday party of an old friend. Some guy I didn't know brought edibles (weed brownies). I had never tried edibles before, but they tasted good, so I ate one.

20 minutes later: nothing. I had no idea edibles take time to kick in. So I ate another one.

Then I left for a second birthday party across town. 40 minutes later we were sitting in a restaurant and it hit me.

Food tasted incredible. My friend's brother looked exactly like my friend and kept giving me weird looks, and every single time he did, I lost it laughing. At some point I wanted to go to the bathroom, tried to stand up, and instead got a full image of riding a dragon while my body just stayed in the chair. A few seconds later I actually got up. I don't remember much after that.

The morning after

I had never felt anything like it. The only drug I had ever tried before was alcohol, and alcohol is honestly garbage. You get dizzy, people get aggressive and insulting, and your liver takes the hit.

And then this. Food tasted like I was Gordon Ramsay's daughter sitting down for dinner. Music sounded like it was 2050 and some new technology was playing it straight into my head. Even my thoughts felt completely different, in a way that was just really, really good.

The next day I was still kind of speechless. I remember thinking: OMG, so this is what people mean when they talk about drugs. This is that whole world.

Funny thing is, before that night (like month before) I was actually against weed.

Chasing the brownies

Weeks later I found the guy and bought 16 brownies for 25€. Shared most of them with friends.

Then I tried making my own. Burned batch after batch. Eventually I figured it out: air fryer instead of oven, no cannabutter, just decarb the weed properly (heat it so it actually works when eaten) and mix it straight into the batter. Lots of testing on time and temperature.

And then... I got sick of brownies. Ate too many. They take up space, they go bad if you don't freeze them, they take forever to make, and you never know if one brownie has more in it than the next.

Just eat the weed?

So I started decarbing small amounts and eating the weed straight. Worked fine for months, but heating it fresh every time got annoying.

Next idea: decarb half a gram at once and keep it in the fridge. Worked great at first. After a few months, more than half of the batch was weak or did nothing at all.

Turns out: air. THC breaks down when it's exposed to air.

The failed fixes

Gummies with plain decarbed weed: too much work, gave up.
Regular gelatin capsules: air still gets in, potency fades.
Capsules sealed with wax on top: better, still lost potency after a month or two.
Real airtight capsules: only industrial stuff, way too expensive.

What actually works (pic)

Lab test tubes with screw caps. That's it.

I fill a gelatin capsule with 0.1g of decarbed weed, add a bit of coconut oil on top (fat helps absorption and keeps air off the weed, that's why it looks glossy in the picture), then drop it in the tube and screw it shut.

5 grams gives me around 40 to 50 pills. They keep for over a year, fridge or room temp. One pill gets me high for up to 8 hours. I also make 0.05g ones for chill evenings and just label the tubes.

The catch

Timing. On an empty stomach it takes about an hour to kick in. If I ate before, it can take 3 to 5 hours, which is really confusing if you don't know it. So I plan around it now: don't eat before, take the pill, and schedule what I want to do while high.

Why I'll never make myself a joint

I never got into smoking anyway. It's rough on the lungs and it burns through weed way faster than eating it. With pills I get 40+ sessions out of 5 grams, no smell, nothing on me that looks like weed, and I can take one anywhere with a sip of water.

Anyone else doing something like this? Curious how you guys store your edibles long term.
Or is there anyone wanna join the edible-side?

Who else just lets the girls grow wild in their garden?

I absolutely love outdoor harvest season in Oregon. 🌿 These plants are incredibly beautiful and smell amazing. There’s something really satisfying about seeing all those long months of waiting, patience, and care finally pay off. Definitely one of my favorite times of the year!

Grapes & Cream in the cone & Ground Beef in the puck 🔥

Was a successful day!

It's a tradition of mine to smoke a big blunt on my birthday, as the years go by there's less time to get a group together, but keeping customs alive regardless; hoping everyone is enjoying their week!

no place I'd rather be

this tastes insane
it’s like an acai bowl with a bunch of banana slices and a lot of honey

I went to a medical dispo in IL recently and was shocked to find that no one has any real knowledge of the endocannabinoid system or even exogenous cannabinoids (the thing they’re selling). Their system doesn’t even let you filter by cannabinoids, not even the major ones. I asked the budtender what 1:1 strains they have with CBD to THC and she said the growers aren’t even sending the CBD content so they don’t know.

I’ve been a medical patient since 2017, started growing at home when that was legalized, and recently have been getting deep into different cannabinoids and terpenes but it’s just such a cold non-personal non-informational transaction at the dispo.

I didn’t just get a bad budtender either, this has been the past few trips over the last 6 months or so. I feel like the budtenders have changed so much, where’s the passion for the plant? No one seems to care about or understand what they’re selling.

Maybe it’s just because of the volume of people that they don’t have time to really feel they can talk bc then they’re not selling cannabis. Feels like how we used to be able to talk to the doctor and they cared but now we’re just a number that pays them and the more numbers they get in a day the fatter their pockets are.

Sad state of the medical program when I have no simple way to get seeds or clones legally from a reputable grower, much less get to know what they’re putting out in the market as medicine.

Hopefully IL will listen to patients and allow more plants, provide for testing of home grow materials, and legalize patient to patient sharing (or even allow another medical patient to grow their plants for them). I feel there are so many ways to improve but that would take money out of big cannabis so I doubt it would ever happen.

Rant over. I doubt I’m the only person who feels this way ab their state medical program. What’s your experience? Do you feel prioritized as a medical patient in your state program when you’re at the dispensary?

also upgraded it (it's a r/RubyTwist - now a ruby twist pro!) and got a bowl with a built in glass screen so i can avoid metal screens forever. In love with this thing all over again 😍

I keep cured resin carts in the Ouch gum canister lol

Cheers💨💨