3 Reasons Why You Should Eat Your Weed

My last blog concerned the idea of ingesting marijuana via smoking and the health risks that apply to this practice. If you’re as frequent smoker as I am (meaning you smoke at least three to five days a week), the health risks concerning the immune system and the functionality of the lungs is a frightening and very real situation. And let’s be honest, there is no way I’m going to stop using this product. Luckily for the marijuana community, there are other, safer alternatives to ingest marijuana such as converting marijuana into a product that a person can eat. Here are three reasons why eating the edible version of marijuana is a safer alternative to the common trend of smoking it.

1. If you’re a frequent smoker, you obviously enjoy the effects that the product has on you. For the amount of money that marijuana costs (ranging anywhere from 40-60 dollars per eighth), you are likely to want the product to last as long as possible. According to leafly.com, eating marijuana products is consumed through the liver and blood. In contrast, the stimulants of smoking marijuana travel directly to the brain. Because the marijuana is consumed through the liver and eventually the blood, the stimulants remain in the body for a longer period of time, meaning that a marijuana user can enjoy the high feeling for a longer period of time.

2. Smoking marijuana also stimulates a consumer faster than the average edible version. It takes about thirty minutes longer for the edible marijuana to have its effects on the body than it would take to smoke the product. I think it is better to have the thirty minute delay because a person can eat the product and still have the capacity to do activities without having the issue of constantly holding a joint or a bowl and frequently using a lighter. This hands-free approach opens up opportunities for someone to quickly eat the product while completing tasks that otherwise would not be accomplished while holding marijuana necessities.

3. Finally, if I want to ingest marijuana, I want to do it discreetly. I live in a state where marijuana is decriminalized but not yet legal. I am still at risk for getting caught by authorities and having to pay some sort of a fine as a consequence. Also, I am the type of smoker that doesn’t want the general public to know what I do in my spare time, therefore if no one knows, the better. Smoking marijuana releases particular scents into the air and these scents attach to your body and clothes. By eating marijuana products, there is no worry about your hands or clothes smelling so you can be stimulated in public without having that typical smokers fear that “everyone knows you are high.”