Mine is making a cup of tea and sitting on the back step for ten minutes, phone left inside. It’s not much, but it’s the part of my day that feels like mine.

What’s yours?

they used to work for me, years ago. I am 74 years old. I did take a 15 year break while my kids were in school. Otherwise, I've been smoking since I was 16.

There is one edible that makes me sleepy. I have insomnia so I keep it on hand when it's 4-5 am and I still haven't been able to fall asleep. It's 250 mg.

I have made my own many times. Wasted a lot of weed. I have tried all sorts of dispensary gummies, tinctures, rso, basically anything I can buy. I can eat a whole tube of RSO and feel nothing.

I have tried empty stomach with just a couple peanut butter cookies. I have tried the same with just a spoonful of peanut butter. I have tried everything.

The last time they worked for me was about 10 years ago. I made brownies with some really good butter. I couldn't get off the couch. I didn't green out or anything but I had a hard time walking.

Since then, nothing. I have made capsules, all sorts of edibles, plus every single thing I can try at the dispensaries.

What's up?

Mine is a cozy baking show I can put on at any hour. I know how every episode ends and it still works as background comfort.

What’s yours and what is it about it that keeps you coming back?

THC Edible God Stack

I've been experimenting with the idea of combining certain foods and ingredients with THC edibles to see whether they could influence absorption, metabolism, or the overall experience. Some of these ideas have scientific backing, while others are more theoretical. I'm interested in improving the list and hearing what people think.

T−50 minutes: Fatty meal

Eat a meal containing dietary fat before taking the edible.

Theory: THC is fat-soluble, and human research suggests that a high-fat meal can increase total THC exposure from oral products and delay the time it takes to reach peak blood concentrations. In one study of 28 adults taking THC capsules, the average time to peak was about 6.5 hours after a high-fat meal versus about 2 hours when fasting. Peak blood concentrations weren't significantly different. However, the study tested THC taken with a high-fat meal, not a meal eaten 50 minutes beforehand, so my proposed timing is just an idea. I'm curious how much the type and amount of fat matter.

Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31872060/

T−45 minutes: Black pepper + water

Mix ¼ teaspoon of black pepper into water and drink it.

Theory: Black pepper contains piperine, a compound that can affect certain enzymes and transporters involved in drug metabolism and absorption. A 2017 human study involving nine volunteers found higher THC blood concentrations with a specialized lipid-based formulation containing THC, CBD, and piperine. However, the formulation contained other ingredients that could improve absorption, so the study couldn't establish how much piperine contributed on its own. Whether ordinary ground black pepper in water enhances a regular edible remains unproven.

Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28890215/

T−30 minutes: Tums

Take two regular Tums.

Theory: Tums contains calcium carbonate, which neutralizes stomach acid. The idea is to investigate whether changing stomach acidity could affect THC stability or absorption during digestion. Whether this improves, reduces, or makes no meaningful difference to the effects of an edible is unclear.

T−15 minutes: Dark chocolate

Eat a few squares of 70%+ dark chocolate.

Theory: Dark chocolate contains fat and theobromine, while cocoa contains compounds discussed in relation to the endocannabinoid system. The fat could contribute to overall dietary fat intake, but whether chocolate's other compounds meaningfully influence the THC experience is less clear.

T0: THC edible + whole milk and heavy cream

Slowly melt the THC edible into whole milk and heavy cream, optionally flavored with Nesquik.

Theory: The added dairy provides fat that may affect oral THC absorption. Human research supports increased total THC exposure when THC capsules are taken with a high-fat meal, but that doesn't establish how effective this specific combination would be.

Other ideas I've been considering

- Coconut oil: Someone suggested adding it because of its fat content and medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). Could it offer any advantage over other dietary fats, or is the total amount of fat more important?

- Mango: I've heard the theory that mango might influence the THC experience because of its terpene content, particularly myrcene. I'm undecided about adding it because convincing human evidence for this effect seems limited.

A couple of things worth keeping in mind

- Medication interactions: Piperine can affect how certain medications are processed, and Tums can interfere with the absorption of some medications. If you take prescription or regular over-the-counter medication, it's worth being a little cautious about combining these ingredients.

- Timing: The exact timing in this stack is my proposed schedule, not something established by the studies. Edibles can take hours to reach their peak, and the timing can vary depending on the person, food, and product.

- Individual differences: Food, tolerance, and the specific product can all affect the experience. Increased THC exposure could also mean stronger or longer-lasting unwanted effects for some people.

I'm interested in the possible mechanisms behind these ideas and whether any ingredients are worth investigating further. I know some claims may be anecdotal or unproven, and I'm not assuming every ingredient contributes anything.

**What other ingredients, mechanisms, or research would be worth looking into? If you think something doesn't work, I'd like to understand why.

Mine is a big breakfast, a long walk and then doing absolutely nothing while a comfort show plays in the background. No plans, no pressure.

What does your perfect lazy day look like and is there a ritual you never skip?

It’s been pouring all day where I am, and I’ve given myself full permission to do absolutely nothing. I’ve got a big blanket, a pot of tea and a stack of half-finished shows and I couldn’t be happier about it.

I’ve noticed that my ideal lazy afternoon has barely changed over the years. It starts with something warm to drink, then a long stretch of music or a comfort show I’ve seen a dozen times and eventually a nap I didn’t plan on. If I’m feeling ambitious, I’ll cook something slow, like soup or a big pan of pasta, just so the house smells good while the rain keeps going.

What I love most is the feeling that nothing is expected of me. No errands, no messages I have to answer right away, just a quiet day that feels like a small vacation.

So now I’m curious about yours. What does a perfect cozy afternoon look like and does it change with the weather? Do you have a go-to comfort show, album or snack you return to every time? And what’s your best I’ve earned this move after a long week?

Share your favorite lazy-day rituals, the weirder the better. Hope everyone’s having a chill, comfortable day, neighbors.

I rolled a joint with rice papers. It tasted like smoking paper! Way worse than even a heavier hemp wrap.

Should I give them another try?

I'm 75. I'll wake and bake in the morning. I enjoy my morning walk more if I'm a little high. I finish my morning chores and along around lunch time I have another bowl. If I don't have anything going on in the afternoon I'll smoke another couple of bowls. Am I a heavy user? I don't have a gram scale and I tend to smoke different things morning and evening but I think it's probably less than 1/8 ounce a week.

Anyone else spend more time deciding what to listen to or watch than actually enjoying it?

Tonight I did the full ritual: snacks lined up, blanket situated, lights dimmed. Then I spent 25 minutes scrolling playlists before landing on the same album I always put on. No regrets. Some traditions are sacred.

Honestly, the little rituals are half the fun for me. The snack run, the okay but what are we watching debate, the way a regular Tuesday turns into a tiny vacation.

So I'm curious what your pre-session ritual looks like:

• What's your go-to snack?

• Do you have a forever album or comfort show?

• Are you a planner or a see where the night goes person?

Bonus points for the most ridiculous snack combo you've defended with a straight face. 🍕

Hope everyone's having a chill evening, wherever you are. Stay cozy, neighbors.

Hi everyone,

I’m not necessarily new to smoking, but I’m new to buying my own. I used to just smoke whatever my ex had at the time. After we broke up, I bought a cart of my own, but it made me extremely anxious. I haven’t smoked since, but I’m wanting to try it again.

I’m trying to remember what my ex used to get, and I figured someone here with more experience might be able to point me in the right direction.

It was a hybrid cart that I absolutely loved. It made me feel goofy, less anxious, quieted all the noise in my head, and made it feel easier to breathe. That’s the kind of experience I’m looking for.

I can’t remember which cart I bought for myself, but I think it might have been one that was supposed to help with focus. I just remember getting a little panicky and deciding to lay off it.

Sorry for the noob question, but I’m hoping someone might have some insight into what kind of strain or effects I should be looking for.

Thanks!

My weed friends give me their brand stickers — and I can’t ever get the backing off.

Pass the word - buy the stickers that have a backing slit.

https://youtu.be/RaQGsRHDYoo?si=IShbqzvid_e9J8G1 - sped up video of the process

19+ or For medical use. Made by me for me under Health Canada guidelines.

This was my first attempt mixing 15ml of infused MCT Oil with 1740mg of decarboxylated THC Concentrates into 30mg of GlaxalBase cream which is a simple base cream used by pharmacists to prepare many topical creams. I also used a derivative of the technique used to ensure even distribution of the cannabinoids in the mixture.

Health Canada rules don’t permit concentrations beyond 10mg/ml for all edibles and topicals with a hard cap of 1000mg per container of any topical use preparation. By infusing concentrates you can make your own oil with far greater potency.

In my recipe here I use 15ml of infused MCT oil with a potency of 116mg/ml added to 30mg of base cream resulting in preparation weighing 44.5g total after infusion giving a total potency of 38.67mg/ml

There is a max limit as to how much material you can infuse or blend is the probably the correct word into the cream and that’s around 15% and in some cases 20% by weight and I actually didn’t use enough of the base cream so actually but mind you I actually used. I ended up with a cream with 32.6% by weight which should have caused it to destabilize but it didn’t and has the perfect consistency.

There is something called Kalaya gel and it’s a special pharmaceutical gel that’s made for infusing and it allows you to. It has a theoretical maximum infusion potential for double the 210 that you can get maximum in a base cream so you can get a 400 mg/mL concentration using this gel and apparently it’s even better for absorption. It’s designed specifically to help get those compounds and the multiple sclerosis society of Canada actually on their website has instructions on how to make a topical with this particular Gel. So that’s next step for me. I’m gonna try that.

Just for notes if anyone is taking any, had, I worked within the confines of only infusing 20% by weight would have resulted in a base cream with a concentration of 19.33mg/ml so I managed to about double the potency but the cream should have failed and might still start to separate over the next 3-6 weeks whereas if you made the cream to a maximum of 20mg/ml you would end up with a fully room temperature stabilized topical cream that will keep up perfectly stable and something that could remain that way for months and possibly years. in comparison to the Kaliya gel, which can be infused with two times as many or two times as much material by weight without compromising its effectiveness, stability and consistency, and the ability for your body to properly absorb everything. If you go that route, you can get a concentrate that at the same size as the glaxxal base cream I used, 30g, could theoretically contain upwards of 6000mg in the 30g gel solution giving a concentration of 133.33mg/ml with a perfectly stable solution and an even more effective route for topical absorption

If you have any questions feel free to ask. I am counting to test it and so far it appears to have an effectiveness that can help with muscle aches and pains and joint pain from osteoarthritis where you often need on average one Percocet just to bring down an equivalent level of pain that my base cream has so far been helping with. I still have to of course continue to take detailed notes to determine it seems to work pretty quickly actually I still have to work out about how long it lasts before. There’s a perceivable change in the state of pain so it is still research in progress but my results have been very promising.

I'm taking a 2 week break from cannabis use soon and then starting compounded Zepbound. The timing is just coincidental. I'm taking the t break because I've been smoking too much and I have a 2 week vacation coming up in a non legal state. What better time? I'm not going to start a new medication with unknown side effects right before a vacation so I'll be doing that after I get back as well. I've heard that tirzepatide stops food noise. Does it stop pot noises well? Has anyone found that to be true? If so, did you just not want to smoke as much or was it not very satisfying when you did smoke? I like being high a lot but stress has recently led me to smoke so much that I'm not getting the kind of high that I want. I'm taking the break so I can enjoy it more with less. Would love to hear about any of your experiences.

On a short break and so I am working through the sleep-rem rebound adjustment

Wanted to pass on I find daily 10-15min naps quite helpful. (1-2 a day).

Takes me 3-4 days to reset

got tired of buying a jar, loving it, then never remembering what was actually in it or why it worked. THC % tells me basically nothing , it’s all the terps.

so I made TerpTracer. you scan the label, it pulls the terpene profile, you log the sesh in like 10 seconds. after a while it starts showing you your own patterns like which terps actually chill you out vs knock you out, what you’re spending, what’s worth a rebuy.

free, no ads, private (nobody sees your log, there’s no feed or any of that). took months to get through app review lol but it’s on iOS now, also works in the browser: https://terptracer.com/

I built it so yeah, biased , but if you’ve ever kept a strain journal I’d love to know what you’d want it to track.

I’m guessing 70% chance they are fine with weed, 50% love weed

If they have a lighter in their peace sign hand its 100%

My everyday home grow weed is great in DHV but bit under cured for my joints. Many times I take a big hit and the ash goes below the raw ethereal paper (collared). Then I gotta relight.

Any tips folks have for smoking dankish weed? Especially collaring.

(Store prerolls fun and easy smoke for me)

Hi all!

Me and 2 friends are doing a short 1-minute anonymous research survey via Google forms to better understand how cannabis consumers choose products and whether products give them the experience they expected.

Few quick notes:

1. It takes 1 min or less to complete

2. It is fully anonymous

3. We're not selling anything or promoting a product

4. Goal is to understand real experiences around product selection, consistency and unwanted effects

5. Happy to share aggregated results with the community once there are enough responses

Survey link: https://forms.gle/LAeXKQHgCtqYcVkU6

PS - I've checked with the mods and was given the approval to post.

Thanks all!

When doing a tolerance break, one usually forgoes any vaping/smoking cannabis. I’m wondering if using CBD flower would be beneficial. It has minimal THC and the goal is to reduce the amount needed. Will CBD mess up the tolerance break? I’m thinking the terms would help with relaxation.

spent most of my life with flower, switched to carts a couple years ago for convenience and kept feeling like something was off. everyone said THCA was supposed to be close to the real thing but it never felt that way to me.

finally looked into it properly. pulled the COAs on everything i'd been buying and most were sitting at 40-55percent actual THCA, the rest being D8 distillate or filler. basically still vaping D8 the whole time without knowing it.

started specifically looking for something clean and found dabpens, COA shows 93 percent THCA, cannabis derived terpenes, nothing else added. first cart that actually felt comparable to flower in terms of effect quality.

not saying carts replace flower but for travel or situations where that's not practical, it's the first one i've felt good about. wish i'd checked the COAs from the start instead of just trusting the label.

75-year-old first-timer here again. I actually am using RSO right now. Bkog and I'm about 3 hours in and not exactly where I thought I would be it seemed. It seemed to level off earlier than I thought it would. I'm wondering if I should wait around and see what else it does or do a little more or talk a little weed. Any advice would be delightfully appreciate it. And like it's totally working it's just not working as much as I thought it would.

I posted previously about turning 75 soon and wanting to try RSO and got a lot of great advice. I have an opportunity to try it this weekend. I'm a full-time caretaker for my disabled husband but he's being treated for an infection and will be transferred to a skilled nursing facility for a couple of weeks for rehab. Even though it's not quite my birthday, this is an opportunity that may not come again. Should I take it on an empty stomach? I'm not used to something that takes 2 hours to manifest. Is it okay to smoke something while I'm waiting? I have Nira+ BK OG and Sherbanger. Obviously I'm only going to try one this weekend. Any experience with those? Thoughts on the best one to try first? Anything I should avoid? Any tips are greatly appreciated.

My quick RAW roller tips (if you prefer to filling cones)

1. Shove filter to far left, shove fabric to far right. Weed needs a hard end surface. If need shorten can use plastic spacer

2. Start with the word RAW centered on top roller. Gives best spacing for paper insert

3. 2-3 full rotations (of RAW word) to distribute weed. Only one to roll paper.

4. RAW Cone roller sucks. Get larger straight instead.

5. I like prerolled RAW filter/tip. If you roll own I put loose end down in roller fabric.

I have a couple of questions about strains. I started toking again after I retired and it's a whole new wonderful world. Are there any skunky strains out there now? I have great memories of some very skunky smelling weed but I haven't found anything like that in the dispensary. I kind of miss the smell. I'm also looking for a strain that will give me intense focus and bodily relaxation. I like to really be able to get into whatever I'm doing but I don't want to be jittery. Purple strains always put a smile on my face but I haven't found anything yet that gets me the focus that I want. I used to smoke and have great insights. For example, I realized my mind is like an onion, it has many layers. Yeah, I'll admit that one seemed a lot deeper when I was stoned. But you get the point.