Even for experienced smokers, eating weed can be a whole new experience. It is the perfect solution for those who don't want to smoke, or have trouble smoking, f.e. people with asthma. There are virtually no health risks, because the only health risks of pot are the smoke, which is damaging to your respiratory system.
When eaten, pot takes longer to work, depending on: the amount and quality of the weed/hash, the rate of your digestion system, and the amount of food you've eaten beforehand. For best results, I recommend not to eat anything at least 2-3 hours before eating your marijuana.
It can take anywhere from 20 minutes to even up to 4-5 hours for the effects to set in. The biggest problem here is to find the right amount. When smoked, the effects set in almost immediately, so it is easy to judge how much you need. After eating some weed, some users are too impatient, and they think they need more. While it is not possible to overdose on weed, the effects of eating too much cannabis are not pleasant. You may feel sick, confused, unable to move or talk, and your coordination may be heavily affected. These effects may last long, much longer than when smoked. It is therefore important not to eat too much. Start with a low dose, and increase it the next time, if needed. Experiment to find the right amount. If you eat too much, a high dose of vitamin c (200mg or more) may help to make you feel better.
To prepare pot for eating it has to be heated in some way. It won't work if the weed is eaten without preparation, because the digestion system is unable to digest the thc.
When cooking with weed, it is very important to use fat (oil, butter, milk) because THC (the stuff that gets you stoned) is fat soluble
and not water soluble. It is therefore impossible to make pot tea without adding some milk.
For me the best way of preparing the pot is to make some pot butter. Heat water until it boils, and then add
butter and weed. Use enough butter, better use too much than too less. Put in about one joint worth of weed to
begin with. You'll have to experiment a few times to find the right amount. Let it boil for about 10-15 minutes,
while stirring. Take it from the fire, and use a strainer to strain out the weed. Let it cool down, and put the water with the butter and weed in it in the refrigerator for a day at least.
Then use a knife to carefully scrape of the butter, which will float on top of the water. You can throw the weed
away, as it is useless now all the THC is in the butter. The butter will look a bit green and will smell strongly.
Use the butter in any recipe that contains butter.
If you're in a hurry you can also do the following: melt some (dairy) butter in a pan and throw in some weed;
stir a bit, and then fry an egg (or a pancake or whatever) in it. Don't throw the weed away, it will still contain
some THC. Eat the egg or whatever you made. Sweet stuff (honey, sirup, marmelade) tastes good with weed.
