Weed, but with CBD
May 18, 2021 10:16 AM Subscribe
Have you smoked/vaped any of the newer high-CBD pot strains? How do you feel after you smoke it, relative to smoking high-THC weed?
I'm also interested in what seem like the two different types of high-CBD cannabis: the type without appreciable THC, and the type with THC but an equal or higher amount of CBD.
I'm also interested in what seem like the two different types of high-CBD cannabis: the type without appreciable THC, and the type with THC but an equal or higher amount of CBD.
Best answer: If 1:1 counts for high CBD, I absolutely feel a difference. In terms of the high, I get more of a feeling of "all is right with the world" than I do with high THC strands. I also find the 1:1 results in far less of a "burnt" feeling afterward or brain fog.
posted by coffeecat at 11:41 AM on May 18, 2021 [7 favorites]
posted by coffeecat at 11:41 AM on May 18, 2021 [7 favorites]
Best answer: Uh, I consume extracts that bear only distant hints of their biomass origins, so take this with a grain of salt I guess.
But for me the easiest difference to put into words is that CBD changes how easy it is to be a certain amount of high. On THC alone, being high is A Challenge for me — like, it takes work to stay present and positive and to keep myself having a good experience. On 1:1, I can get equally high, and have many of the same subjective effects, but somehow it's less of a fascinating challenge and more of a thing I can keep up with without trying.
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:50 PM on May 18, 2021
But for me the easiest difference to put into words is that CBD changes how easy it is to be a certain amount of high. On THC alone, being high is A Challenge for me — like, it takes work to stay present and positive and to keep myself having a good experience. On 1:1, I can get equally high, and have many of the same subjective effects, but somehow it's less of a fascinating challenge and more of a thing I can keep up with without trying.
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:50 PM on May 18, 2021
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Low THC (like, negligible) means we feel nothing. It needs to have at least some (5-10%) THC to feel "high".
High CBD... actually makes us perceptibly more "high" but less intensely. It is hard to describe one's feelings, but the best way we've been able to explain it is that its like when we used to smoke back in the 90s.
I used to imagine that my feeling/perception of being high had changed because I was older, more experienced smoker, whatever. But now I think its because these new strains I've been smoking in the past 5-10 years are getting maxed for THC (pushing 25% in some cases!) and lack all those other nice terpenes that "round out" the high feeling.
We are now buying a 10% CBD flower just to mix in with almost everything we smoke. Usually about 20% of the CBD, up to 30 depending how strong the other stuff is.
TL;DR - I highly (heh heh) recommend getting the kind with THC and an equal amount of CBD.
posted by dazedandconfused at 11:08 AM on May 18, 2021 [8 favorites]