Learn About Marijuana Edibles and Ingesting Cannabis

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Marijuana infused products, commonly known as “marijuana edibles”, provide users who cannot, or choose not to smoke their own cannabis. Although vaporizer is another option also because of its health benefits. Today, edibles may come in different varieties, including cooking oils, drinks, snack foods, desserts, tinctures (glycerin and alcohol based extractions), chewing gum and even candies. There are some companies which offer medicated meals for their patients.

Edibles as a Safe Alternative

In the field of medicine, many patients believe that ingesting their marijuana is a healthier way of inhaling it because of exposure to non carbon-rich kind of smoke. Patients who are on supplemental oxygen,  turn to marijuana edibles when smoking weed is no longer an option for them. Some patients with eating disorders and nausea, edibles are a vital source of calories and nutrients needed by the body. Only a few patients choose to use edibles because they are a discreet way of using for medication, while others simply likes the effect of ingesting cannabis into their system and not the effects of smoking.

Effect of Ingesting Cannabis Than Smoking

No doubt, Ingesting Cannabis will surely affect you differently than smoking it. However, the effect of the edibles will depend on several factors like the potency and type of edibles you are using, your body chemistry, tolerance, and even how much you ate it. Because of its difference from smoking, many first timers are caught off guard by its long-lasting effect and stronger potency. You know, when you smoke weed, you will receive only a small amount of its cannabinoids in every hit, although you will feel it instantly. Whereas in edibles, the tendency is to hit you slowly because it will pass through a lot of process in your body system and processed by your stomach.

Classifying Edibles Correctly

Although there are edibles available in the market and through online today, they can be categorized into three: those ingested through oral uptake or through the saliva, those digested through the stomach, and into a hybrid category or both. The most common are those digested by our own stomach, which cannabinoids are absorbed by the stomach like a cookie, brownie, cashew bar, etc. The next is through the saliva. These edibles are only effective for a short time because they only stay in your saliva and stomach. Lozenges, tinctures and suckers fall into this category. Chocolates and drinks, fall into the hybrid category because they were made to be absorbed both our stomach and the mouth.

Which Edible is the Best?

When choosing an edible, it is important to pay attention to the product's potency. This will let you determine how much of the product you will eat or ingest into your body. There are companies who put labels on their products on how much THC is infused on their product. It is very important to read labels so that you will know how to eat them moderately. If you are in doubt, ask some experts so that they can give you some help and proper dosage.