Southside Growers Co-op

Craft cannabis for the discerning smoker?

Puff, Puff, Pass

When I was young, back in the 70s', smoking had a "go for it" attitude. You would "hit it" and if you coughed up a lung, the comment was "good one." That mindset holds true to some degree even today. But all of the smoke you exhale carries a lot of THC that you paid for and lost.

Smoking cannabis is the most popular way to consume and also the most costly. So let's not talk about what you smoke, but about how you smoke. Let's do some math....

A half gram preroll contains 500mg of cannabis. If made from 20% flower, it would contain 100mg of THC. So you are consuming 100mg of THC. That equals ten 10mg gummies, or a whole package. If I consumed a whole package of gummies, I would be knocked out for a day!

The difference, of course, with an edible is that the whole 100mg is inside you. With smoking, you probably exhale 80% of what you inhaled.

There are a couple of solutions to this. I will discuss the first one here and another in a future email. The first solution is the traditional puff, puff, pass. The puff is like a little kiss on the joint, two of those and let it rest a bit, then puff puff again. You should see a small amount of smoke exhaled, not a billowing cloud that disappears into the cosmos.

A half gram preroll will yield many puffs versus 6 or 7 traditional tokes. You can save money by smoking less, or you can get higher than usual. Your choice. It is in your hands.

Notes from the cultivator

Notes from the cultivator are personal observations and interactions from years of involvement with cannabis. They are not strictly factual, but contain information perhaps worth thinking about and hopefully somewhat educational. Thank you for checking out our emails.

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