germany still to this day has cigarette vending machines. i saw one in a restaurant next to a retirement/care home a few days ago.
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To answer the question: fuck them kids.
Anyone willing to restrict an adult's access to vices in order to "protect children" is an evil piece of shit who shouldn't be trusted around children or adults.
Wife tried a 20mg weed gummy at a concert and was completely knocked on her ass. I went to a bachelor party and mindlessly chomped through a bar of brownies that had, like, six doses in it. These indie producers turn delicious pieces of candy into maximum strength pharmaceuticals. I've got a million other stories from friends and neighbors who had similar experiences.
Nevermind the children, I don't think adults are capable of just taking this shit recreationally without some kind of supervision. Incidentally, that goes for alcohol and nicotine, too. "Oh, you just turned 21? Have a handle of Everclear. Knock yourself out." Madness.
Trying any drugs at random at a concert without someone who's real about dose and expectations is kind of...well, a bad idea in general.
Those 20mg gummies tend to state each gummy is 2-4 servings, at least mine do. It's why the previous source I bought from sold her Delta-8 gummies dosed to 5mg each to make it far easier to nail an exact dose.
But, I also see absurd 600mg mixed THC (10% D-9, 90% D-8) ones that say "start by taking (quarter|half) of a gummy and wait several hours before trying any more" and like... that's irresponsible as hell to phrase, but I think the expectation is -- given them labeled "maximum strength" -- is that you know what you're good for before digging into those.
I don't know what the happy medium here is on labeling and access, as I agree on the Everclear thing, but you do have to go into a store for that at least. And, to be fair, Everclear tastes like such ass even mixed with anything it has to be diluted down to like, wine strength to be drinkable generally from what I've seen, or at least cocktail strength.
Trying any drugs at random at a concert without someone who’s real about dose and expectations is kind of…well, a bad idea in general.
How on earth is this an argument in favor of weed-gummy vending machines?
you know what you’re good for before digging into those
That's an absurd expectation.
I don’t know what the happy medium here is on labeling and access
I mean, just for absolute starters, I think giving THC the same regulatory treatment as alcohol and cigarettes makes sense. Even past that, regulatory limits on per-unit dosage and warning labels on packages that aren't 2-pt-font and maybe even a nurse or pharmacist on hand at point of distribution to give you someone with more experience to talk to would be a vast improvement.
Everclear tastes like such ass even mixed with anything it has to be diluted down to like, wine strength to be drinkable generally from what I’ve seen, or at least cocktail strength.
One experience I had in college that stuck with me was that, as someone gets drunker, their ability to self-regulate alcohol intake disintegrates. This is to the point that some of my friends who are 100 lbs skinnier than me were going shot for shot by the end of the night. And that always ended in disaster.
The fact that Everclear tastes like ass doesn't dissuade someone who is already 3+ drinks in. Especially if they're just pounding them.
At one point I did an improvised extraction of THC into olive oil. I significantly underestimated what 0.5g of weed contains when the majority is not wasted by burning it.
THC affects you much differently when it's metabolized by the liver first, instead of going directly into the blood stream.
Can you share what the differences are?
Edible thc is actually metabolized into a different kind of cannabinoid so instead of regular thc , you end up with 11-delta-9 thc, also called THC-COOH I think this particular form of thc is a stronger activaitor of your CB1 (cannabinoid) and CB2 receptors. This resulted in a more prolonged an intense effect all thanks to your liver.
That was my first time with weed. Wife did a extraction and then we both split it on ice cream. We ended up almost unconscious and puking everywhere. Took me a year to try again.
I guess i should try that again.. ive done butter and coconut oil extractions, neither did shit for me.
But then again I've only had potent weed gummies work for me one time ever, and that was 100mg, a dose that is both expensive and no longer does the job. I take 5mg for sleep sometimes and that works but I dont get anything fun out of any of it. I keep hearing stories of people being knocked on their ass and I want that!
And here I gave up on edibles after eating way more than recommended and not getting the slightest buzz, I'll stick to flower and hash
I only started trying weed in my late 30's and vaping/smoking it just does not appeal at all, so edibles it is.
I have tried a few different kinds now from different vendors and I can tell you that there's a lot of variance out there. I'm was hoping I'd be able to dial in my "ideal" dose but 20mg from one vendor will absolutely send me while 20mg from another does precisely fuck all.
I know if you smoke/vape it you can dial in your ideal much more carefully but 🤢
Yes, it horrifically gives you a full nights sleep.
Not for me. I've overloaded on edibles for sleep and every single time it just leaves me lying awake in bed with my thoughts
Was going to say... My experience was this intense vertigo and nausea. Next morning I felt like absolute shit.
While I’m sure child vending machines could be done despite the slew of ethical problems they’d inevitably create, I’m pretty sure that’s a job better left to mothers. They’ve had that whole process down pat for at least a decade or two; I don’t see much point in reinventing the wheel.
I remember the bowling alley near me still had a cigarette vending machine as a kid. Right next to the video poker machines.
Sometimes she goes, sometimes she doesn't go. Just the way she goes.
Better yet, I remember visiting Germany in 2015 and seeing cigarette vending machines on street corners!
Unfortunately weed is not safe for developing brains, I recommend abstaining from it until the age of 24 at the earliest if you want to be able to perform memory tests well.
and then there's me, who has been forgetful literally my entire life despite having abstained from pot until my mid twenties.
I figured it couldn't make it any worse, and you know what? I was right.
Thank you for stopping and sharing your antiscientific opinions, anecdotal word of mouth evidence, and advocating literal harm unto others.
Now, fuck off.
actually all I did was share my own personal experience but if you'd care to twist that into "advocating harm", I won't stop you from getting worked up over nothing. You have fun with that, pal, but I'm blocking you so I don't have to deal with it.
Think of the children....
...unless you're a pedo. Then you should take a chemical castration gummy.

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