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In reply to the discussion: Maureen Dowd eats Colorado cannabis candy bar, unwise about dosage. [View all]Uncle Joe
(59,676 posts)137. I agree, Ishoutandscream2.
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Yes. You ask about dosage before ingesting any drug if you cannot find that info- or google for how
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#62
Well, guess what…. the amount of active THC varies from candy bar to candy bar
KittyWampus
Jun 2014
#80
And guess what? Sixteen doses is still fucking idiocy. As is- not asking anyone when you don't know.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#82
They just passed a bill or maybe more to try and help the public understand this better
meadowlark5
Jun 2014
#92
An investigative journalist travels across the country to try pot and didn't do her research?
cleanhippie
Jun 2014
#64
Maybe she freaked out about her past writing such as calling Al Gore a metrosexual
Botany
Jun 2014
#5
Reminds me of my first time. I didn't think the first rip did anything...
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#7
Ya know, If she had been that fucking stupid with any other medication.
Half-Century Man
Jun 2014
#8
If she didn't know weed being in HS/college in the sixties/seventies, she shouldn't
MADem
Jun 2014
#78
edibles can fuck you up. smoking gets you high instantly, but eating it take a few hours to kick in.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#110
Wow- didn't think of that. Great point about her realtive privilege in this situation.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#71
At this point, indicating dosage is still a crap shoot. There needs to be standardizatio for medical
KittyWampus
Jun 2014
#81
reminds me of a story in a Hendrix biography i read a long tome ago. jimi was chillig with his buddy
dionysus
Jun 2014
#111
You'd think she'da learned after what happened the last time a stranger offered her some candy.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#27
The whole thing makes me angry. It's like people are trying to sink this legalization thing.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2014
#23
"remember you're a living organism on this planet, you're very safe, you've just taken a heavy drug"
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2014
#33
"Maureen Dowd Got Way Too High And Freaked Out" (Hunter Walker, Business Insider)
eShirl
Jun 2014
#46
Yes, it can. I had it happen to me. But, it was my mistake, and I never repeated it. That said,
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#69
you don't know what you're talking about. I smoked pot heavily in University days
KittyWampus
Jun 2014
#85
So how is her reaction any diiferent from some fool downing 16 shots of whiskey?
Fla Dem
Jun 2014
#61
16 shots of whiskey will always have the same amount of active ingredient. It's completely standard.
KittyWampus
Jun 2014
#86
The first few times I smoked pot I loved it. But after that it became an increasingly unpleasant
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2014
#99
Best line in piece- With liquor, people understand what they’re getting themselves into.
Johonny
Jun 2014
#89
lol, reminds me of the first time I tried some good hash. You didn't have to hide in bed dear.
Sunlei
Jun 2014
#118
My friend gave me several doses of edible weed just for shits and giggles
killbotfactory
Jun 2014
#139