WEED
- megan boynton
- Aug 24, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 1, 2024
Weed, Pot, Grass, Bud, Flower, Ganja, Boast,
Cannabis can be added to the system in varied ways but the fastest most effective path is through the lungs.
When Cannabis is processed through the lungs quickly added into the bloodstream. Effects can be felt as quickly as seconds to - 20 minutes depending on body weight, metabolism, and what else is in the chemistry at the moment. It will also normalize after 1-3 hours again depending on body weight, metabolism, and other chemicals in the body.
While OUI believes that our customers should NOT smoke or Vape because of the JUPITER-sized vast amounts of research on how breathing anything but air into your lungs can lead to cancer, COPD, and death.
OUI also knows that for customers managing acute pain, nausea, or debilitating stress, smoking or vaping can offer the right amount of support they need to manage their symptoms.
OUI also recommends having a CBD vape pen on hand if you are trying products that are higher in THC. CBD will immediately counteract the sharper feelings of THC like heightened sensitivity and “paranoia”, of nausea.
When Considering Smoking or vaping the only factor to consider is do you want to inhale carbonized plant or suspension oil with cannabinoids. Both are equally as effective and neither is “better” for you. OUI has curated both products from the brands that take the best care in both growing organic and sustainable products and brands that are ahead of vaping technology.
Flower:
What is a Flower?
Flower is Weed. We now call it flower because …well… it is the flower of the plant. (insert link to Plant anatomy).
You can buy flowers in many different forms from Pre-rolls (Joints) to Flower (buds and their cannabinoid-filled leaves that you lightly shred and put into a Pipe and smoke.
Pre-rolls :
are a Handy way to smoke, they are neatly machine-rolled. We recommend 1 to two puffs to start. This is not the weed of Cheech and Chong.
Smoke them as you would take a "drag of a cigarette." (if you haven't smoked a cigarette please go directly to edibles and preserve your beautiful lungs).
The “filters” on pre-rolls are no filters so much as heavy paper origami “extenders” enabling you to consume most of the flower in the joint without burning your lips. HOORAY!
Most of the pre-rolls OUI recommends are “minis” Once you smoke the joint you shouldn’t save the rest for later. Many do, but it’s not a great practice. Minis are crafted for one or two sessions.
Smoking Flower
from a pipe is the method for the cannasseur, or the purest. It can be a highly meditative ritual of self-care.
At the hands of a canna-curious consumer it can be a stinky messy process.
What you’ll need. A “grinder” or scissors, a Pipe, a “Screen”, and a Lighter and “flower”
Step1, Pull or cut the leaves from the stem of the bud
Step 2, shred with your grinder or with your fingers the little leaves until they resemble smoking tobacco.
Step 3 Make sure your pipe is fitted with a screen, put pencil eraser-sized ball of the shredded leaves in the bowl of the pipe.
Step 4 Place the pipe to your lips, light the shredded flower in the bowl of the pipe. Slowly inhale. It will be hot!
OUI likes the Omura product for smoking flower. OMUR has created a technology that carbonizes cannabis flower to the point of releasing the cannabinoids from the flower, but not carbonizing the flower. This leads to less tar, less “smoke”.
Vaping:
Vaping uses the same technology as a nebulizer, a heating element in the vape pen heats the cannabinoid and suspension oil mixer to create a vapor that vapor carries the cannabinoids to your lungs and then to your bloodstream.
The cannabinoids that are suspended in the oil are derived from the Isolation process. The Flower is distilled, the cannabinoids are isolated, and terpenes to enhance the entourage effects are added to a MCT oil. The oils is then put into a “pod” that is then attached to a battery which heats the oil and creates the vapor.
Vaping can be an easy tool for patients recovering from cancer treatments, or managing symptoms of Parkinson, and PTSD, because it does not taste like cannabis, and does not look like cannabis or smell like it, you can control the amounts and can manage symptoms quickly.
OUI likes vapes that are “metered” or timed like the Dosists product. They help people manage amounts and have developed products that target certain Benefits through proprietary formulations of cannabinoids.
ADD SMOKING WARNING HERE
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