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Stomp out ignorance. Marijuana NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER needs to be smoked.
1. Marijuana can be added to almost any fatty cooked food. The active drug in MJ, THC chemically bonds with fat molecules when heat is applied. THC is fat soluble. Examples..
Add ground MJ to a batch of brownies, cookies, meatloaf, lasagna etc. Endless food recipes that MJ can added to.
MJ can be ground to a fine powder and cooked in pure oil, like olive or vegetable oil and drizzled over a salad.
The most potent parts of an MJ plant can be ground and placed into a pill capsule and eaten with a fatty food, the high acidity of the stomach will complete the chemical reaction needed to bond THC to fat. Eat a handful of Doritos, wait a few minutes and ingest the pill. This method is perhaps one of the most potent delivery methods and requires no cooking, obviously.
When MJ is smoked in a joint, bong, bowl etc much of the THC is destroyed from being burnt up.
Cooking MJ into a fatty food like brownies hardly destroys any of the THC. Eating an MJ brownie delivers a very potent, yet safe dose of THC.
In a nutshell, eating MJ delivers the full dose of THC without any harmful effect associated with smoking. Many recent studies dispute whether there is a harmful effect from smoking pot. Many/most would prefer to eat it rather than smoke it.
2. Vaporizing.
MJ can be vaporized. Somewhat similar to newly popular E-cigarettes. MJ vaping has been a growing trend for the past couple of decades. Long before e-cigs. In fact, e-cigs grew from the MJ vaping scene.
Vaporizing applies mildly hot air to a small amount of MJ. That hot air warms the MJ to a point that it releases it's remaining water in the form of vapor. THC in the plant clings to this water vapor as it is breathed into the lungs. No burning of the plant material takes place. No thc is burnt up like normal smoking methods.
You only breathe in smoke free water vapor laced with THC from the plant matter. When exhaled it looks similar to exhaling foggy breathe on a cold day.
There are no ill smoking related health effects associated with vaporizing.
A quality vaporizer runs $80-$800.
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It's time to stop allowing ourselves to be lied to by the anti-MJ/MJ prohibition crowd.
MJ never needs to be smoked.
Disarm lies with awareness.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8247674Soon fatty foods will be banned too so you will have to use the trusty old bong anyway.
On the plus side we finally have a topic that DUmmies have some knowledge about. Unlike economics, government, or anything else in the real world.
