Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:58 pm
Certainly some of what LVbri said, and apologies if I'm shooting from my ass on this a little, but my point is that when I show up in CO and look at the ABV and percentage of an IPA, I have a confidence (born out by drinking a lot fucking beer at varying degrees of alcohol content) that I'm going to understand what I'm getting back from the product.
Having consumed weed in MD (via my wife's medical card), DC (friends) and CO... Maybe it's my relatively novice level, but I find it very hard to navigate CBD/THC levels with any consistency. I'll have an edible with the exact same levels in MD and feel one way and then the same thing in CO and it has a drastically different effect on me. I mean, sure, taking into account sea level and stuff, maybe I can see that. But I've also heard that the strength of pot in CA will knock you on your ass, more so than anywhere else.
Maybe that's more perception than reality, many of you guys would have a more experienced take.
In theory, you should be able to trust the THC content (either by percentage as in flower -- e.g. 28 percent THC -- or by the milligram in edibles -- e.g. 10mg THC per edible) in one jurisdiction to another, much like you could the ABV in a beer in one state or another. The testing equipment used is required to be tested, calibrated, etc., etc. by state laws and presumably is state of the art.
I suspect in reality there's probably some fudging allowed or expected, though I wouldn't think enough where a 10mg gummy in California would hit you any different than one in Nevada or Maryland or wherever.
The one thing I can say is that your own body impacts the absorption of THC very differently compared to alcohol based on many factors, especially the amount of food you've recently eaten, etc. I realize the same is true for alcohol, but my own personal experience is that it is much more pronounced with THC. In other words, if you consume weed immediately after eating or while eating you'll notice the effects dulled much more than you would if you had eaten while drinking a couple of IPAs (or not eating while consuming said IPAs as it were).
ETA: Should also be said that in my experience drinking alcohol while consuming cannabis also tends to dull the effect of the cannabis.
I don't know if this is backed by science or it's my own personal perception.