How you use it depends on your preference. When I first started using back in 1976 , I smoked it like most kids did and used it that way until I learned a better way which was when I started growing my own.
Now I have many methods to choose from. My prescription suggests that I ingest or vape with it so I purchased a portable vape like this.
It uses a tiny amount that’s heated for a few minutes. When you inhale there is a slight vape and exhaling there’s little to no smoke whatsoever. Vape is different than smoke but it’s nothing at all like those cigarette vapes that you see bellowing out big clouds of smoke.
I use it a few times a day to calm my nerves or to help calm down a panic attack , for which I don’t have many now.
Then it can be infused into butter and / or coconut oil which can be ingested. Tinctures and teas can also be made which are very medicinal.
The buds get dried , cured before being processed. This is the making of canna butter made in a slow cooker.
The chlorophyll gets taken out, the trichomes get added and what’s left is a sweet butter that has no horrible smell or taste.
It then gets made into cookies and other things made with butter.
Made right, it is very effective for pain relief and is used for my arthritis and insomnia. My husband who is a non user for almost 30 years has recently tried them. He works night shifts and has always been prescribed sleeping pills but sometimes he used potent muscle relaxers.
After decades of doing this it has had an adverse effect on his health so he asked if I’d make cookies for him so I did . He says he sleeps far better than he ever has in his life and his moods are FAR better. Seriously , he’s a new man. This is what I use it for also because I don’t sleep much and refuse to take harsh drugs just to sleep.
This is canna butter. The trichomes settle to the bottom. Used in baking the cannabis is not detected.
Note: most people don’t like the smell or taste of it but these taste and smell good.
Canna cookies
Marijuana tea or smoothies are very medicinal. When the plant is in vegetative state I use the leaves with mint, parsley and lemon to make a smoothie and it’s exceptionally cleansing and works great as an anti inflammatory.
The tiny leaves can also be put into a miniature washing machine and made into hash but I don’t do it that often. It turns the buds into a solid brick that tastes really good.
The buds can be infused into olive oil and used in a stir fry. The butter for a grill cheese sandwich.
Cannabis has come a long way from reefer madness days.
It IS a very pretty plant