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You'll get a different answer from every person you ask. But a dry herb vape is simply an oven. It doesn't contain any illegal chemicals like oils and flavorings as the THC and nicotine vapes do. It is technically a vape, but doesn't involve any of the reasons that the kinds of vapes, that mainly destroy the lungs of teenagers, were made illegal. Also, THC vapes contain extracts that contain more than 0.02% THC, which are also illegal on that basis. What goes inside a dry herb vape isn't illegal. All that aside, take a step back and ask yourself how many incidences have you heard of anyone being arrested or fined for cannabis use in any way since the law was changed in mid 2022? I can't think of one.

Wonderful idea. 👍🏼

You can use it inside your home. You can cook it, eat it. You just can't burn it to where the smell bothers your neighbors.

A few years ago you couldn't even smoke cannabis anywhere in Thailand without risking a serious jail term or a heavy fine. Now you can pretty much possess as much as you want and consume it in any way that you want without any risk. This whole issue kind of reminds me of the message being portrayed in this video:

Have you ever tried using a dry herb vaporizer? Very different experience. All the immediacy of smoking, but none of the downsides.

That's not new. I've heard of that rule being cast in many Bangkok condos over the last couple of years. Honestly, I don't find it unreasonable. One needs to adapt. Vape or use edibles. Or go for a walk and smoke a joint in the Soi.

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Yes, edibles definitely do work. I've made my own cannabis infused edible oil, which is very concentrated and strong and you need to be careful with the dosing. And the oil could now be added to food too if you want. I often put a few drops on top of a piece of chocolate and give it to somebody as a bit of a cannabis confection. If I'm using it myself, though, I just put it in my mouth as is. But with all edibles, the cannabis has been first heated up, and/or the THC has been extracted into an oil or an alcohol base using heat, and then eaten directly, or put into a food item like butter or oil and then added to foods like brownies, cookies, muffins, etc, or some other edible form.

That is also my understanding, but I've never tried eating it raw myself. They say that heat is required first to convert the THC in the flowers to THCA, the form of THC that can be absorbed by the body's cannabinoid receptors. I have also heard of people making tea from flowers and getting the effects from it that way, but I'm not sure if there's a special process involved with that or not.

Do you mean you just eat raw, dried flowers? No heating it up first to decarb it? Why not make it into an edible oil infusion? Would likely give you better absorption and a stronger effect. Just some ideas...

Yes, I think if ingestion were really the goal, anal absorption would likely offer much better bioavailability. I did some reading, and it’s fascinating. While some absorption can occur through the skin of the penis, the vaginal lining absorbs substances directly into the bloodstream quite efficiently. This means the woman might experience a more pronounced effect than the man. That said, both partners could potentially feel increased physical and mental stimulation, including relaxation and heightened sensation. Of course, the effects would vary depending on the individual, as experiences with these kinds of substances often do. One consideration is the potential for skin irritation caused by the oil’s ingredients, which could be an issue for either partner. It’s an intriguing idea, though, and I’d be tempted to explore it under the right circumstances, with the right, consenting partner, of course.

Fair enough, sometimes all good things need to come to an end. Amidst all of your ingestion experiments, have you ever placed a bit of strong THC oil on the tip of your unit and plunged it into the opposite sex? If so, how were your results? 😀

Thank you for the education on pasties. I had never heard of them until BMT mentioned them today and then I did a bit of digging around to learn more. I was always familiar with and enjoyed the British meat pies. 30 years ago, I used to eat lunch sometimes with friends in Chequers in Soi 4. They had nice English pies and are still doing them it seems. When I first arrived in Thailand, there wasn't much international bakery stuff around though. In the Sukhumvit area, some of the best stuff was from the Landmark Hotel's pastry and bakery shop on the ground level. I remember they had something called "curry puffs". From what I remember, they were these small flaky pastries with a bit of a chicken curry filling on the inside. A bit bigger than bite-sized, but they were really nice. I suspect the recipe had its origins from the UK. Other than that, some of the best bread at the time was from the small bakery attached to the German restaurant in Suk Soi 20 called Bei Otto. This was at a time right before Emporium opened its doors and there wasn't much good bakery stuffs around. There you were eventually able to get some really good bread too from a bakery shop that was run on the top floor of Emporium by The Oriental Hotel.

Yago, if you are in Bangkok now then I suggest a little experiment. Order a gram each of the 4 most expensive (฿120 strains) currently on the Bangkok Kush website (screenshot below). 4 grams will cost you ฿500 in total. His LINE ID is posted above. You can just send him a text in English and tell him what you want, give him your hotel/apartment address, and it should show up in your hands within a couple days (not sure, may be a bit of a New Year delay though) and you can pay COD. I think you'll be pleased with what you get and I'm sure it's going to be on par with what you're getting in Cambodia, maybe even a bit better and at a bit of a lower price. Below is the link to the website if you want to see more photos: https://bkkushhh.com/product-category/exotic/?orderby=price-desc

Those look really good. By mince you mean mined beef? I guess that's a traditional Cornish Pastie recipe? I read that the British put other fillings in them too. I might prefer something more like the ones with ham and cheese like a toastie or with potato and egg inside. I guess you can also put other things in them like vegetables and curry. I was on the island of Santorini in Greece about 25 years ago and they had something very similar that they ate a lot of down there. The bakeries were filled with all kinds of these type types of large, fluffy pastries. The dough was a bit more flaky like a croissant and I remember they contained fillings like cheese and bacon, etc. They were really good too.

I'm familiar with British pies in general, and some of them are really nice, but I don't think I've ever eaten any of those pasties. They do sound good though. Basically like a pie inside of a baked pastry dough with a meat and vegetable type filling, but more portable. Is that it?

Is that really a big thing? I've only ever come across a few of them and never felt inclined to watch them regularly, if more than once or twice. They all seem pretty pedestrian to me. Is there anything particularly alluring about them to begin with? This is a serious question, I'm just curious.

That is ok. It's not a topic competition. If people are interested in self exploration and participation in a topic like this then they can go ahead and join in. Otherwise they can stick to the other topics about the more usual stuff if they prefer that too. What's interesting that I've noticed about a lot of the responses so far is that most people are just happy to be blessed with good health and longevity. Of course these are good goals. In my opinion, health is something that we have to continue to work on as we age via a combination of exercise, nutrition and avoiding harmful substances. Thus health can't always just be taken for granted. It's also interesting to me how our desires and objectives often change as we get older. As I'm now in a situation of greater financial security, I think back to my younger years when I didn't have the financial freedom to live life on my own terms as much as I do now. Back then I had dreams of doing a lot of adventurous things, which no longer interest me so much. Now I often find myself sitting around, asking myself what I really want to do with my time since a lot of the financial barriers have now been removed. And what I find myself often gravitating towards are the types things that I fear that, if I don't do them now, I may no longer be able to do them again at some point in the future. I guess people often refer to that as a bucket list. But I don't really have a bucket list. And a lot of the things that I want to do now are not one-and-done types of things you might even find on a bucket list. They are more of the types of things that I enjoy doing over and over again, purely for the simple pleasures one finds within them.

Thank you. Let's hope we both are successful in achieving all of these goals in 2025.

Yes, it would. However, adding an extra step for someone to make a link active might encourage them to think twice before doing so. A live hyperlink on a site is almost an open invitation for users to click on it. When the link is plain text based it may prompt people to pause instead and consider why it isn’t clickable. On our site, we include plenty of warnings about the risks of clicking on potentially malicious links. As a security-focused platform, we must also be very cautious not to expose users to dangerous clickable links on our own site. While it’s not a perfect system, we do our best to mitigate the risks or reporting security threats to the public in an imperfect world. That said, I’m not entirely sure what the reasoning is behind it on this site or whether there’s an actual security concern involved here or not. The concern on this site might also be related to maintaining political correctness or avoiding the inadvertent sharing of active links to inappropriate content, such as pornographic sites. On our site, however, that isn’t a concern at all. Our focus is strictly on security and safety. Many phishing links can lead to the compromise of personal data and financial information, ultimately resulting in identity theft.

I noticed the change myself, but I hadn’t realized there were actual backend adjustments to implement it. As an admin on another forum dedicated to addressing and reporting online security issues to the public, we have a similar policy in place. On our forum, we disable all active URL links and email addresses in posts. Links can still be added, but they appear as plain text rather than clickable hyperlinks. This approach is essential for us because we need to prevent malicious and phishing links from being shared on our platform. For that reason, we’ve completely disabled hyperlink functionality. As for this site, the reason for the change hasn’t been clearly explained. However, it might also be a security precaution. I’ve noticed several recent posts here containing malicious or potentially phishing links, which I report when I see them. It’s possible the admins decided to disable the functionality altogether now simply as a proactive security measure.

Yes, age can definitely play a role in how your body responds to THC. If I make it into my 70s, then it's quite possible that I may just stop using it by then. i'm not saying it's necessary to stop using it as you get older, but it I guess it depends on the person. At the very least, it might be a good idea for you to experiment a bit with some edible forms of THC and perhaps you can work out a low enough dose so that your response to it is more to your liking. With edible cannabis oil, you can control the dosing much more easily based on a number of drops and you can experiment with a very small number of drops first and then add to it until you figure out the ideal dose for yourself.

That's too bad. Well, before you quit Hendrix in a couple of days, have a listen to a Hendrix tribute album called "Stone Free". Lots of great artists on there. Many prefer the darker, more negative topics where they can rant I assume. Perhaps too much honesty, introspection and self commitment required on this one for some.

And if all else fails you still got:

Spotify is your friend.