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This doesn't read like origins at all, more like the earliest attested instances of what seemed to be an already well-established practice. 2500 years ago soun
by chadlavi 5y ago
This doesn't read like origins at all, more like the earliest attested instances of what seemed to be an already well-established practice.
2500 years ago sounds like a long time, but humans have been around a lot longer than that.
- kadoban 5y agoYeah, it's not like marijuana is difficult to find naturally, and just eating it has obvious effects so it should have been easy to happen upon. (From my quick research, heating it before consuming shouldn't be necessary to get _any_ effect, but it does increase the effects.)
- jjulius 5y agoCan you point to what you found that suggests as much? I have been a regular user for 10+ years and suggesting you don't need to carboxylate it before eating it in order to still feel the effect goes against a large body of conventional wisdom.
- kadoban 5y agoYeah, sure. I feel like I had a better link, more sciency, I'll edit if I find it again. But for now eg: https://maryjanesdiary.com/can-you-eat-raw-weed-get-high/ https://maryjanesdiary.com/can-you-eat-raw-weed-get-high/ My understand is that there is _some_ active THC even before heating, but it's relatively low amounts. My theory is that if your tolerance is 0 and you eat a decent amount you'd probably feel it. A typical user would never know even if they tried though because it'd be a _huge_ waste and their tolerance is non-zero. Can't say I've tried, I don't have an ~eighth to waste and I suspect it wouldn't taste very good either (though I guess you could still add it to a recipe, just without heating). Also it'd be difficult for me to rule out placebo effects.
- jimmygrapes 5y agoI suppose if you had some strong smelling leaves and threw it into something fatty like an animal carcass before applying fire, things might get wild