Handling Too Much Edible
When smoking or vaping cannabis, the onset of the drug's effects is fairly quick, from seconds to minutes. This makes it easier for a person to better control the desired effect. Edibles, on the other hand, are where cannabis consumers get into trouble and have bad experiences. I've mentioned, ad nauseum, there's never been a recorded death in an adult from cannabis, alone. But, it doesn't mean you can't have a bad experience. Many people who've tried cannabis edibles for the first time end up consuming too much. It's such a common issue that people say, "Don't pull a Maureen Dowd ," named for a New York Times reporter who ate too much of a cannabis infused edible while covering the cannabis industry in Colorado. Edible Issues One key issue with edibles is knowing the dose (10 mg THC is the ideal starting point, then wait two hours). Companies that professionally make edibles are the best at measuring accurate doses, but the st...