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I knew a guy in college who was super straight laced, but went to Amsterdam and got convinced to try weed, in the form of a giant pastry, for the first time. I

by ptudan 5y ago

I knew a guy in college who was super straight laced, but went to Amsterdam and got convinced to try weed, in the form of a giant pastry, for the first time. I have no idea how much was in it but he got so freaked out that he had serious trauma and long lasting effects from it.

pempem 5y ago
In fairness wouldn't this be controlled by simply providing more information about the consumable amount or creating lower dose edibles? It feels like these anecdotes, while very real, would equate to an unfathomable amount of smoking and so there needs to be more information to allow a consumer to understand the amount they should consume bc their body isn't physically restricting them
- vmception 5y ago
  No need to even write in fairness. It's a consumer information issue, exclusively. As most US residents live in a recreational legal state, we're long passed the need for "good news only" advocacy. Taking a dose of professionally packaged edibles closer to your weight and tolerance is what is necessary. My current issue with the state-by-state regulation is that all the packaging lacks FDA level of standards. Arbitrary mixing of milligrams and ounces. Arbitrary information about types of thc and cbd, arbitrary serving sizes and serving size information that are very different from the breakable units in the package. ie. You thought that single gummy was 5 milligrams? Jokes on you because a serving size is 1/2 gummy, you just took 10 milligrams, buckle up! And most notably missing is any study that says what to expect, what tiny disclaimers exist? A bunch of people say that edibles used to be good for them but now give them anxiety, why is that? Is there a time limit for some people to take edibles? Plenty of FDA approved products have time limits like "don't take this for more than 3 years" I hear that on commercials all the time, so whats the difference? Oh an actual study occurred to begin with, to the FDA's standard of review. Great.
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by ptudan 5y ago

pempem 5y ago

In fairness wouldn't this be controlled by simply providing more information about the consumable amount or creating lower dose edibles? It feels like these anecdotes, while very real, would equate to an unfathomable amount of smoking and so there needs to be more information to allow a consumer to understand the amount they should consume bc their body isn't physically restricting them

vmception 5y ago
No need to even write in fairness. It's a consumer information issue, exclusively. As most US residents live in a recreational legal state, we're long passed the need for "good news only" advocacy. Taking a dose of professionally packaged edibles closer to your weight and tolerance is what is necessary. My current issue with the state-by-state regulation is that all the packaging lacks FDA level of standards. Arbitrary mixing of milligrams and ounces. Arbitrary information about types of thc and cbd, arbitrary serving sizes and serving size information that are very different from the breakable units in the package. ie. You thought that single gummy was 5 milligrams? Jokes on you because a serving size is 1/2 gummy, you just took 10 milligrams, buckle up! And most notably missing is any study that says what to expect, what tiny disclaimers exist? A bunch of people say that edibles used to be good for them but now give them anxiety, why is that? Is there a time limit for some people to take edibles? Plenty of FDA approved products have time limits like "don't take this for more than 3 years" I hear that on commercials all the time, so whats the difference? Oh an actual study occurred to begin with, to the FDA's standard of review. Great.
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