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Set and setting are terms circulating around the cannabis industry lately. Researchers, budtenders, brands, and consumers are all talking about it. We’re all beginning to recognize the role that set and setting play in our cannabis experience. The factors that they consist of, such as your mood, personality, daily schedule, food consumption, as well as your own biology play a part in how effective and enjoyable your cannabis experience is.

Understanding set and setting can help you choose the right cannabis product for you, and consume consciously so that you can have the best possible cannabis experience. 

Set is comprised of internal factors. It’s what you as an individual bring to the experience. Your mood and mindset fall under this category, as does your tolerance level and physiology, including your endocannabinoid system. Setting, on the other hand, is all about the external factors. Setting is things like where you are, who you’re with, and what time of day it is. All of these affect how you experience cannabis and cannabis-infused products. 

First, let’s talk about set. Here are a few things to consider:

Mood and Mindset

Cannabis tends to elevate our existing mood and emotions. For instance, at the end of the day we’re typically tired, but we often find that we’re unable to sleep because of all the things running through our mind. A low dose of cannabis can help to quiet those thoughts while signalling to your body that it’s time to sleep. Edibles in particular are great for helping you fall asleep because the effects set in slowly. It takes between 30 and 90 minutes for onset, which allows you to ease into the sensations. 

Cannabis doesn’t just help you realize how tired you are and how much you need sleep. It helps you tune in to a full range of emotions! When you feel happy and relaxed, say, when you’re with people you enjoy being around, cannabis makes these experiences all the better. Research shows that cannabis “dramatically increased” the perception of the emotional significance of a situation. It makes bonds and connections with the people we care about that much deeper.

It’s important to be mindful of the fact that too high a dose of cannabis can take you from feeling happy and relaxed to stressed and anxious. Research shows that too much THC can induce stress and paranoia. A low dose between 2.5mg and 5mg will allow you to enjoy the uplifting benefits of THC while avoiding adverse effects. And, a low dose of THC has actually been proven to decrease anxiety. With all those holiday parties coming up, a low dose of cannabis may be just what you need to get over that social anxiety and actually have a fun time!

Tip: Set an intention before consuming cannabis

Your mindset and intentions for using cannabis can impact the outcome. Your thoughts have the power to create a type of self-fulfilling prophecy – when you believe it will happen, it’s more likely that it will. We hear about it often today as manifestation. Take a look at what Dr. Michele Ross has to say about this:

“I grew up in the D.A.R.E era. All I knew was that weed was bad, weed was dangerous. Even when I started studying cannabis, the social and cultural context made me believe that all it would ever do was make me flop on the couch and not do anything. 

But seeing all kinds of people being creative and feeling energized from cannabis showed me that for them, and for me, cannabis can be the difference between whether or not I see life in 3D.”

Seeing how cannabis helps inspire creativity and energize others allowed Dr.Ross to get out of the negative mindset toward cannabis. It allowed her to see its full potential as a medicine. 

Food: How Much and What Kinds

Diet and food consumption impact how we experience cannabis. Have you ever tried an edible on an empty stomach? You most likely felt the effects much sooner. Edibles pass through our digestive system, and without other food to compete with they can be digested quicker. This results in a slightly shorter onset time. 

This may sound enticing, but we highly recommend having edibles along with other food. Healthy fats, like avocado, coconut oil, and nuts, all work great with cannabis products, especially edibles. Why? Because cannabinoids, such as THC and CBD, are fat-soluble. They cling to fat molecules so that they can be broken down and processed by the body, which allows you to feel the effects. It may take a little longer to feel the effects of edibles after a full meal, but you’ll have a more balanced experience.

Tip: Avoid sugar. It takes away from the benefits of cannabis.

High-sugar diets tend to have negative effects on cannabis experiences. Sugar is inflammatory, whereas THC and CBD are proven to be anti-inflammatory. It’s counterproductive against the medical benefits of cannabis to consume sugar. Avoid consuming processed sugars before or with cannabis, for instance, in an infused brownie or gummy. Opt for a diet that’s low in processed sugar, as well as low-sugar edibles, like 3Leaf, if you want to get the most from your cannabis products.

Individual Biology

Studies show that men consume cannabis for rest and recreation, whereas women consume it for personal care, namely pain management. Eaze Insights 2018 illustrates this below:

Another study of 1,500 Californians shows how women are turning to cannabis to manage pain. “Women outnumbered men in their cannabis use, 68 percent to 58 percent. Fifty-six percent of female cannabis users aged 21-45 use cannabis to treat menstrual cramps, while 31 percent of women aged 45-54 use it to treat symptoms related to menopause.” This is likely due to the fact that women have a high concentration of cannabinoid receptors in their uterus, which makes cannabis particularly effective for treating menstrual cramps or pain from endometriosis.

Tip: Each of us has a system in our body that’s built to work with cannabis.

It’s called the endocannabinoid system (ECS), and its purpose is to keep our body in homeostasis, or balance. The ECS is comprised of receptors throughout our body, namely the CB1 and CB2 receptors, which work with our own endocannbinoids. Yes, our body produces its own cannabinoids, similar to the ones found in cannabis. With all the stressors we experience today, our ECS tends to run on a deficiency. Consuming cannabis delivers cannabinoids to your ECS so that it can function properly. 

Because each person’s physiology is unique, cannabis works slightly differently for each of us. We recommend speaking with a specialist to understand how you can incorporate cannabis into your life based on your physiology and personal needs. A great set of doctors to consult is the Knox family. They founded The American Cannabinoid Clinic in order to treat patients with cannabinoid medicine. You can find more about the ECS and their practice in treating its deficiencies with cannabis here.

Now, let’s take a look at setting, which is all about the external factors.

Who you’re with and where you are:

We mentioned earlier how cannabis makes you more in-tune with your mood. It also elevates your connection to your surroundings. This can be wonderful if you’re in a peaceful setting with people that you enjoy. Experimenting with cannabis for the first time is best when you feel relaxed. We wouldn’t recommend, on the other hand, trying an edible for the first time at a busy mall on Black Friday. Trying cannabis in relaxing situations allows you to be more mindful of how you feel. You can focus on your experience and not be distracted or aggravated by the hustle and bustle around you. 

3Leaf and Cyntivee recently collaborated for an EDIBLES 101 video. Cynthia highlights the fact that you should ABC: Always Be Comfy. Here are her tips on how to ABC:

• Get a cozy blanket.
• Turn on your favourite show. 
• Have lots of water and non-infused snacks close by.

As you experiment with different doses and products you’ll begin to discover what works best for you. From there, you can decide what dose and product works best for particular instances.

Time of day and situation:

Your lifestyle factors in to how you dose with cannabis. Because cannabis is offered in a variety of consumption methods – edibles, tinctures, vapes, flower, oil, bath bombs, for example – as well as doses – micro, low, ratio – you can find something that fits nearly every need and experience. People – singles, parents, couples, young, wise – from all kinds of lifestyles and professions consume cannabis. The key is to consider what your day-to-day looks like, and then determine where cannabis fits in. 

If you’re going to dose during the daytime, consider a micro-dosed edible. A micro-dose, 2.5mg of THC, allows you to enjoy the medical benefits of cannabis with less elevating effects. CBD is also great for decreasing the elevating effects, so another great option to consider is ratio-infused products, which have a mix of both THC and CBD.

At night, after our responsibilities are taken care of and we’re able to unwind, it’s appropriate to increase your dose. An edible with 10mg of THC is perfect for the end of the day. It helps to unwind, and the long-lasting effects, up to eight hours, will help you achieve a restful sleep. Different doses work for different times of day. It’s all about experimenting consciously – low and slow; consume a low dose and wait at least two hours before ingesting more – to find what works best for you.

Tip: Know the laws and cannabis policies before you dose.

Within the United States, cannabis is not yet legal on a federal level. However, some individual states have legalized the medicinal use of cannabis, others have legalized adult-use, and some have both. And yet other states have only decriminalized cannabis. Please take a moment to determine whether or not cannabis is legal in your state. 

If cannabis is legal where you live, you’ll want to take another step to determine your company’s work policy on cannabis. Many places do not tolerate any use of cannabis at work, while others will allow medical-use. In some cases, employers will test for traces of cannabinoids in your system, so you may have to limit how you consume outside of work. Society still has a ways to go before cannabis is accepted, so it’s important that you look out for yourself. Find out where your employer stands before you consume.

We just shared a ton of information with you, but it really is simple, we promise. Just remember to consider how your mood and intentions play a part in your cannabis experience, as does your diet and your physiology. And the external factors, like who you’re with and where you are matter, too. Take these into account when you’re trying new products. Try keeping track of how you felt from a product in a journal or app, and be sure to consider set and setting as you reflect. This type of conscious cannabis consumption will ultimately help you find the right product and dose. With these considerations and thoughtful experimentation you’ll be able to find products that meet your needs. 

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Dr. Michele Ross had meant to study the ways that cannabis harms the brain while earning her PhD in Dallas. Instead, she found that cannabis might actually help grow brain cells and protect the brain. This was in 2006, when cannabis was still illegal in most U.S. States and the rhetoric from Nixon’s War on Drugs still rang true. What Dr. Ross saw in the petri dish contradicted everything she learned about cannabis while growing up. How could cannabis be helpful not harmful? But the science was undeniable. 

What she saw emboldened Dr. Ross to learn more. Due to the stigmas and legal status of cannabis in 2006, she conducted her own studies and consulted researchers outside the United States, mostly in Israel and Australia, to learn more about the potentials of cannabis as medicine. It also piqued her curiosity as a patient. Dr. Ross lives with both fibromyalgia and endometriosis. The former causes patients to feel severe pain throughout their body, as well as fatigue and cognitive disruptions. Endometriosis affects one in ten women globally. It causes debilitating pain, which is concentrated in the reproductive organs, and it can lead to infertility. Both disorders have no cure. As a scientist and a patient in search of answers, Dr. Ross could not deny her research nor personal experience which proved that cannabis had the potential to significantly improve quality of life. A few years later, in 2012, she launched Infused Health, where she remains today as CEO, to share her knowledge of cannabis with patients across the world through plant-assisted therapy. 

When it comes to curiosity about cannabis, like many of us, Dr. Ross has been through the process of wondering: What product is right for me? What’s the right dose of cannabis to take? What’s the difference between THC and CBD? Is it safe to switch from my regular medication to cannabis? She shared with us her insights from both her research and her personal experience as a patient and cannabis coach who uses and teaches plant-assisted therapy. And because at 3Leaf we live for facts about cannabis, we want to share what we learned with you!

Plant-Assisted Therapy: What Is It and How Can It Benefit You?

Cannabis is portrayed today as a cure-all. But Dr. Ross explains, “that’s not how cannabis works.”

“Cannabis has phenomenal abilities to balance different neurotransmitter and hormone systems within your brain and body, but it’s not the whole package,” she tells us. “Really we need to think about cannabis as part of a holistic approach to healing a patient. So that includes changing what you’re eating, the supplements you’re taking, changing your lifestyle to incorporate self-care methods like meditation or yoga or gentle walks. It’s about changing your mindset and your approach to being sick.”

Dr. Ross and her colleagues, all certified cannabis coaches and healers, see cannabis as a tool in a wide ranging tool-kit of healing methods, which make up the therapeutic modalities of plant-assisted therapy. This form of healing and therapy pairs mindset work with natural medicines, which can include cannabis, Chinese Herbs, Ayurvedic medicine, and medicinal mushrooms like cordyceps and lion’s mane. 

“There are a lot of tools in the tool box,” says Dr. Ross. “For some people cannabis may not be enough on its own, but it can be powerful when combined with another treatment modality. An example is when people take an edible and then go to a yoga class. You see them have these transformative experiences with dealing with physical and emotional pain that they didn’t have when they just practice yoga or just take an edible on it’s own.”

The misunderstandings go beyond just cannabis. There’s also a lot of misinterpretation about the cannabinoids that make up it’s healing capabilities. We’re talking about the two most popular cannabinoids derived from cannabis, THC and CBD.

THC and CBD: What Are They Good For?

The social climate that we live in today sees stress and toxins as cultural norms. We breathe polluted air, eat food that’s full of hormones and pesticides; we stare at screens all day and work jobs that require us to sit for eight hours, commute for two, and sleep for four. We absorb these environmental toxins and these stressors manifest as physical pain and emotional issues, which can eventually lead to serious diseases and cancers. 

What’s the solution? 

“We can actually consume cannabis,” says Dr. Ross. “When you use cannabis, you’re basically activating your body to heal itself. THC and CBD bind to cannabinoid receptors throughout our body to stop these syndromes and stop the progression of cancer. Cannabis essentially programs your body to give yourself a reboot! It’s optimizing your system, rebalancing your brain and body.”

“THC in itself is highly anti-inflammatory. It’s more powerful than Tylenol.,” says Dr. Ross. “CBD is also anti-inflammatory. When CBD binds to receptors it actually stops the production of hormones that cause inflammation and pain.”

Some Specifics on THC

“THC is great for treating pain, but many people avoid it because they don’t want to feel high,” says Dr. Ross. “So I recommend taking your THC at night and letting it work while you sleep.”

Just be sure to still take the lowest amount of THC possible. For sleep, we recommend starting with a 10mg dose, like in 3Leaf’s Coconut Oatmeal Cookie or Vegan Quinoa Granola Bite. Dr. Ross explains why:

“We know for a fact that high doses of THC can interfere with your sleep. It keeps you from getting into that deep stage within your sleep cycle. So yes, a certain dose might get you to sleep, but too high a dose of THC will interfere with you achieving a deep sleep. And for you to experience pain relief while you sleep, you need that deep, restorative sleep that occurs when you go through all the stages of your sleep cycle properly.”

Let’s Get Real About CBD

“With CBD – obviously we all know it’s amazing – it’s great for treating depression, it’s also anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and neuroprotectant. When you take CBD it turns on hundreds of genes [that heal and protect your body], but it also turns off around a hundred harmful genes.” 

The key to being a conscious consumer of CBD is to purchase products from licensed retailers, and research brands before making a purchase. On the market there are cannabis-derived CBD products and hemp-derived CBD products. Hemp-derived CBD products are not regulated to the same standard as cannabis-derived CBD products yet, so be conscious of where you purchase your products from and do your best to know where your cannabis comes from. Ask your budtender, reach out the brands, don’t be afraid to ask questions!

Finding the Right Cannabis Dose for Your Needs

The scientific community is seeing how cannabis is working as an effective treatment for a lot of diseases that don’t have solutions. In Dr. Ross’s case, she consumes cannabis to help her manage the symptoms of her fibromyalgia and endometriosis. She’s also seen cannabis improve the lives of people living with PTSD, Lyme disease, and various cancers. And, she’s seen how cannabis has saved some marriages, but we’ll get to that in a bit.  

“People assume that I consume high doses because I have fibromyalgia, but that isn’t the case,” she explains. “I micro-dose with 1.5mg or 2.5mg of THC during the day because I need to control the pain from my fibromyalgia. But I get my real medical dose at night. I’ll take 15mg or 20mg, depending on my pain level. Even when you need to take a higher dose, still go for the lowest dose possible so that you can avoid those adverse effects. Do what works for you. Some people always think more is better, but that isn’t really the case.”

If you’re new to cannabis, start with a low dose and increase slowly. Edibles take 30 to 90 minutes to take effect, so wait at least two hours before ingesting more. And remember, you can always eat more, but you can’t eat less. Dr. Ross tells us that her patients laugh when she tells them she’s starting them on one milligram of THC. But the point of this is to see how you feel before increasing your dose. Your body can experience the full range of medical benefits of cannabis starting with a dose around 2.5mg. You don’t need to necessarily feel the psychoactive, elevating effects in order to know that the THC is working, unless that’s what you’re looking for. Again, the point is to find what works for you through experimenting. Listen to your body and consume consciously. 

Below, Dr. Ross shares her recommendations for dosing at different times of the day.

Dosing for Day Time

“I find that for people who are anxious, a micro-dose of cannabis is ideal for the day time. A micro-dose means the amount that you need in order to get the medical benefits from cannabis without getting high. The threshold is different for everyone. For some people it’s 2.5mg, for others it’s 5mg, and for some it’s 10mg. You won’t really know until you try. But that’s why you should start with the lowest dose as possible and then work your way up.”

Dosing for Night Time

For many of us, a cocktail or a glass of wine at the end of the day is a welcome ritual. It helps us unwind and occasionally puts us to bed. But alcohol causes inflammation, which is extremely harmful for people living with a chronic illness like Gout or arthritis. Dr. Ross recommends switching from alcohol to edibles for a few different reasons: 

1. Edibles offer long-lasting effects because it takes longer for your body to digest and process the cannabis. So you can enjoy relaxing effects that will take you into a restful sleep. 
2. Cannabis is anti-inflammatory, so it’s healing you rather than hurting you.
3. Edibles are a delicious way to treat yourself at the end of the day!
   

Relationship Troubles? Have an Edible

We have a little-known-fact to share, straight from the source. Dr. Ross used to be a relationship coach when she first started cannabis coaching through her organization, Infused Health. Below, she tells us why she incorporates cannabis into her talks with couples.

“I’ve seen how edibles can help couples navigate challenging times and help them reconnect and feel closer in new ways. When I work with couples who are having relationship issues, I recommend dosing with an edible together. It allows you to connect with your partner because it takes down those emotional barriers. Cannabis is also great for elevating orgasms. It facilitates the release of oxytocin, which is a hormone that’s released when we orgasm or when we breastfeed – it helps us bond. But what this means for our relationship with our partner is that cannabis can help us bond in a completely different way.”

“In relationships, things can get murky. We stop talking to our partner. We’re no longer sexual with our partner. We become like roommates. And that’s because relationships take years of work. There are peaks and valleys. Cannabis can help facilitate open conversation with our partner, and also help us see our partner in a new way. I think a lot of people are finding that they rediscover their partner through cannabis. I hear things like, ‘I didn’t know you wanted to go to art museums,’ or, ‘I didn’t know you like that kind of music.’ Cannabis facilitates conversation, and for many partners, the conversation can be the hardest part about being in a relationship sometimes.”

Why Should We Purchase Products from the Legal Cannabis Market?

Like all of us at 3Leaf, Dr. Ross cannot stress enough how important it is to purchase cannabis-infused products from the legal market. When you purchase products from the legal market through licensed cannabis retailers, you ensure that you’re consuming safe, lab-tested products. Consuming lab-tested products is so important for your health, because these tests ensure that there are no heavy metals, pesticides, or harmful microbes in your cannabis-infused products. 

A highlight, and an important one, that we learned in our conversation with Dr. Ross:

“Heavy metal testing, which includes mercury and lead, is so important because hemp plants and cannabis plants actually pulls up toxins from the ground when they grow.”

“If you are a chronic pain patient or if you have an auto-immune disorder, you can be extremely sensitive to heavy metals or toxins,” says Dr. Ross. “So it’s really important for people to buy from the regulated market. Buy from licensed dispensaries. And also know that not every dispensary is regulated. There are a lot of products on the market. Some are better than others, so it’s really up to the consumer to vet the brands and not just listen to your budtender.”

Here are a few great resources to review cannabis products and find licensed dispensaries near you: 

• Leafly
• A Proper High
• Weedmaps

What to Know Before Making the Switch from Prescription Medication to Cannabis

In Dr. Ross’s experience, she’s seen thousands of patients make the switch from prescription medication to cannabis. People on antidepressants, pain medications, and seizure drugs have all improved their quality of life by consuming cannabis rather than prescription drugs. Their symptoms are manageable, and they can consume a lower dose less often. 

“People think that cannabis, especially CBD, is just like a vitamin,” says Dr. Ross. “If you want to treat a serious condition or chronic illness with cannabis, please speak with a cannabis clinician or health coach first. People with cancer have different needs than people with PTSD, and yes cannabis can effectively meet each of their needs, but it’s about finding what works for you personally, and there are incredible people that can help you do so.”

Click the links to learn more about Dr. Michele Ross and the incredible work she’s doing through Infused Health. If you have questions, please reach out to us at [email protected]. And please share this post if you liked it! Forward it to your friends! Let’s keep sharing facts about cannabis together. 

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Halloween brings out the best spooky stories and urban legends. In our world, most of the scary stories we hear are related to your past experiences with edibles, the ones you tried before adult-use legalization. In the time since 3Leaf launched two years ago in California’s legal market, many of you have shared your spooky stories with us about the edibles you tried when you were younger. In honor of Halloween, we want to share a few of these scary edibles stories – without naming names, of course. The goal is to learn from their mistakes so that we can all have enjoyable, positive experiences with edibles from here on out.

Spooky Edibles Story #1

Girl sees a tray of brownies at a house-party. She immediately eats five. Remember when our metabolisms could tolerate five brownies in one sitting? Unfortunately, they turn out to be homemade pot-brownies. The girl proceeds to sit on the couch for the next twelve hours without saying a word to anyone. 

The first problem here is that the host didn’t give any sign that the brownies had cannabis in them. Because edibles don’t just resemble food, they are food, it’s easy for people to assume that a brownie is just a brownie. A simple rule of etiquette is to never dose your friends without their knowledge. 

If you are going to set out a tray of edibles at a party – wonderful idea for the holidays – make sure to let people know that they are, in fact, cannabis-infused edibles. Here’s a 3Leaf hosting tip: Announce it as you offer the edibles around, or leave the packaging near the tray so that guests can read the ingredients and find out the dose of cannabis in each edible. 

To know the dose is to have a good edibles experience. Homemade edibles of the past were often inconsistently dosed. One brownie could have 20 milligrams of cannabis while the other could have 5 milligrams. It was a terrible guessing game, and guessing games are for playing with your kids, not for edibles. Today, products from the legal cannabis market must list the dose per serving and per package on the label. This takes away the guessing game, and it allows you to choose products with a dose that’s right for your needs.

You can see here on the package of 3Leaf’s Blood Orange Fruit Jellies that each jelly has 5mg of THC. And the total is listed as 20mg of THC because there are four jellies per package.

Edibles can contain up to 10mg of cannabis per serving, and a package can contain up to 100mg of cannabis in total. These rules are in place to ensure that you have a positive and safe cannabis experience. It’s been determined that 10mg offers an effective dose but mitigates the risk of consuming too much in one serving. Too high a dose can lead to “couch lock” as our friend in this story experienced. But a low-dose of cannabis, such as 10mg of THC, offers elevating and relaxing effects. You’ll be relaxed but still social at your Halloween party.

Spooky Edibles Story #2

Boy is curious about cannabis, but he doesn’t want to smoke. He’s afraid that his parents will smell it. So, he grinds up a handful of cannabis flower and throws it into a batch of pancake batter. When the pancakes are ready, he finds that they taste terrible – they’re grainy from the flower and the full cup of syrup still can’t mask that earthy taste. And, even though he added in a hefty amount of cannabis flower, the effects never kick in. 

This person was right in recognizing that edibles are a discreet alternative to smoking cannabis. However, to experience the effects of edibles the cannabis must first be decarboxylated. Decarboxylation involves heating cannabis for a long period in order to activate the THC, which offers euphoric and elevating effects primarily. The process of decarboxylation converts THCA into THC. THCA and THC are cannabinoids found in cannabis, but THCA is non-intoxicating and must be heated in order to produce the elevating effects that make THC desirable. The character in this spooky story added the cannabis flower to the batter without first “decarbing” it, as it’s often called. The THCA in the flower wasn’t heated enough and therefore was not converted to THC. No decarbing means no elevating effects. 

The part of this story that makes our skin shiver the most is the fact that this person had to eat his grainy, earthy tasting edibles. Edibles in today’s legal market uphold a much higher standard. You can find delicious tasting edibles infused with various forms of cannabis other than flower. 

3Leaf edibles, for example, are infused with cannabis distillate. Cannabis distillate is a viscous oil that can resemble honey. We use distillate in the recipes for all six 3Leaf edibles because: 

• Distillate is one of the purest, most effective cannabis extracts – it can reach up to 99% potency. 
• As an oil, it blends perfectly into our recipes so that each edible is consistently dosed. 
• It doesn’t leave a grainy texture, again, because it’s an oil.
• It creates delicious tasting edibles, because we use a distillate that has no cannabis taste or smell. 
  

The key to enjoying an effective and tasty edible is to choose products from licensed cannabis retailers. Products from the legal cannabis market are made in certified production-grade kitchens, and they have to be lab-tested to ensure that they’re safe, effective, and dosed properly. 

Spooky Edibles Story #3

This tale is more current. A person who’s new to edibles buys a cannabis-infused chocolate bar from a licensed dispensary. At the end of the day, they eat a piece of chocolate, which contains 10mg of THC. Twenty minutes pass and they don’t feel anything, so they eat two more. Another 15 minutes, and still nothing. They eat two more. It’s been an hour since they ate the first piece, and now all 50mg of THC take effect. They feel too high; they’re paranoid and anxious. They call a friend to come over and luckily the effects mellow after a few hours. 

The lesson here is to start low and go slow. This character did in fact start low with 10mg of THC, but they failed to go slow. The onset time when you ingest cannabis can take up to two hours, which is why you should wait at least two hours before ingesting more. 

When you eat a THC-infused edible, the THC is metabolized through the liver. This process converts the THC (chemical name: Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) to 11-hydroxy-THC, which is significantly more potent. Just as decarbing cannabis to convert THCA to the more potent THC, our own liver facilitates a conversion process that creates an even more potent version of THC. Fascinating, isn’t it?

Edibles offer not only a more effective, but also longer lasting experience. The effects of edibles can last for up to eight hours. With edibles, you don’t have to consume as much or as often to enjoy an effective cannabis experience. 

The moral that you can take from all these spooky stories is to purchase licensed cannabis products from licensed retailers. This will ensure that your edible is dosed properly, tastes delicious, and ultimately, that it’s a safe and effective product. And remember, start low and go slow! 

Halloween is for spooky and scary stories and tricks and treats. Since we took the scary out of these edibles stories, let us make up for it. Head to Flower to the People in San Francisco where you can buy 2 3Leaf Edibles and get $1 off, or buy 3 3Leaf Edibles and get $2 off! Enjoy and have a safe and happy Halloween!

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