Pubdate: Thu, 13 Aug 2015
Source: Westword (Denver, CO)
Column: Ask A Stoner
Copyright: 2015 Village Voice Media
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Author: Herbert Fuego

HOW ARE EDIBLES MEASURED

Dear Stoner: I am a tourist here on my honeymoon. I've checked into 
elixirs but noticed one of the bottles says "one fluid ounce." So 
does that count the same as flower?

Phurious

Dear Phurious: Everything you can buy in a dispensary is measured by 
weight, but only in terms of marijuana product, and as an 
out-of-stater, you are legally allowed to buy seven grams of 
marijuana product per day - but the strength of those products can 
differ significantly. A gram of flower at 17 percent THC and a gram 
of wax at 80 percent are both considered the same in weight no matter 
how much higher one gets you than the other. Edibles are a little 
more strict: Every recreational edible, drinks included, must be sold 
in single servings of ten milligrams of THC, which is why you saw an 
ounce marker on that bottle. Edibles can be sold in packages 
containing up to 100 milligrams, but each ten-milligram serving must be marked.

If there are 1,000 milligrams in a gram, and you can buy seven grams 
of pot products per day, you could theoretically buy a shitload of 
edibles - but some dispensaries count each edible as a half-gram or 
more so that you can't buy out their stock. You can buy all sorts of 
combinations of edibles, concentrates and flower if you're over 21, 
but with a seven-gram limit and some math involved, you might want to 
bring a calculator.

Dear Stoner: A dispensary I was recently in said they juice pot 
leaves for their medical patients. Is that for pain just like 
edibles? Do they get you high?

Bowlverly

Clearly Dear Bowlverly: Juicing cannabis leaves for medicinal 
proposes has started to gain some traction as attaining said leaves 
becomes easier around the country. At Clover Leaf University's recent 
conference, "Sports, Meds and Money," local chef Scott Durrah said he 
routinely juices raw cannabis for athletes looking for pain relief in 
their joints, though he declined to name the athletes. Because the 
leaves contain THC-A, CBD-A and other acids that require heat 
application to activate the psychoactive effects, juicing them won't 
get you high, and proponents swear by the antioxidant and 
antiinflammatory properties drinking cannabis juice gives them. If 
you have arthritis, lupus or other debilitating conditions, it might 
be worth checking out. Try to learn about the grow your juicing 
leaves come from, though. With all the pesticide and chemical rumors 
going around the industry, you don't want to be drinking anything toxic.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom