For this week’s Steam of Consciousness Saturday prompt, Linda G. Hill has challenge us to use the words “chews/choose.” She says we can use one, use ’em both, use ’em any way we’d like.
Some of you who read my blog might be under the impression that I’m some sort of pot head, smoking marijuana and getting wasted all the time. Well, the fact is that it’s been years, possibly even decades, since I last smoked a joint.
That said, I do enjoy a good high every once in a while. However, I choose not to get high by rolling weed into a joint and puffing the magic dragon. What I choose instead is to use cannabis-infused edibles, like marshmallows or chews.
It’s true that it takes longer to feel the effects of edibles that you eat than it does when you’re smoking a joint. The edibles can take anywhere from 45 minutes to a few hours to kick in, whereas tokin’ on a doobie can get you there in 10–15 minutes. But it can also do a job on your throat and lungs.
So ingesting cannabis via edibles like gummies, chews, or marshmallows is, for me, the way I choose to go. And where I live in the Bay Area, there are a lot of virtual dispensaries, where you can go online, find what you want, fill your virtual cart, and get delivery right to your door as early as the same day.
I do want to clear up one thing, though. I did say earlier in this post that I enjoy a good high every once in a while. But every once in a while is perhaps once every two or three months. In fact, the last time I had any cannabis chews was in mid-April, so more than four months ago.
My daughter and son-in-law, who live in San Francisco, are coming over to our place in the East Bay this afternoon and will be staying for dinner. We may choose to open up a package of chews to mark the occasion.
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