OPINION: While we get to enjoy convenient cannabis delivery to our front door, many are still living in prison. The War on Drugs unfairly targeted people of color, destroying lives and families. We must give thanks — and commit to help fix so many wrongs.
By Marcia Gagliardi Special to The Examiner • April 18, 2022 9:30 am - Updated April 18, 2022 11:40 am
Even a few years ago, it was extremely challenging to find low-dose or low-potency cannabis products — dispensaries were all about stocking cookies with 200 mg of THC and flower that would have you talking to yourself. I’d walk in and ask, “What’s the most mellow weed you carry?” and the budtenders would blankly look at me and say, “Whyyyy?” They didn’t understand why I wouldn’t want flower that would blast me to space or deep into the couch, or any edible that was less than 10 mg.
In the past, we wouldn’t know how much THC was in that brownie we bought from “the guy” in the park. For some folks, it doesn’t matter — they’re just happy to get stoned. But many of us have had somewhat traumatic over-consumption experiences with cannabis, and maybe have written it off completely: “It’s not for me.” “I get too paranoid.
You don’t even need to get high to experience benefits from the plant: microdosing is all about consuming cannabis at a sub-psychoactive level, or in my case, allowing just enough into my system for light, manageable effects. It’s especially important if you’re trying to reduce anxiety — you don’t want to accidentally dial things up.
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