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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 01:10 PM Jul 2015

Re: Sandra Bland - Do you even get high if you eat a "large" amount of Marijuana??. I thought it

needed to be heated to activate the high thus brownies vapes etc. . Can you swallow large amounts in a car seat without reeking???***

swallow large amounts of Marijuana without water
smoke pot in a TX jail and to be checked on every hour

edit to add this was just announced on local Illinois news . Texas wants her body back even though it has been embalmed for reasons stated above I am looking for a link
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/23/us-usa-texas-death-idUSKCN0PX20G20150723

****the first time I heard it the reporter made it sound like she swallowed it when being pulled over but text links I found all say she had swallowed in the recent past so it could have been heated in bakery etc , then consumed and very effective

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Re: Sandra Bland - Do you even get high if you eat a "large" amount of Marijuana??. I thought it (Original Post) lunasun Jul 2015 OP
Never tried it, but I've heard it can be done LittleBlue Jul 2015 #1
Everything in this case sounds suspicious. virtualobserver Jul 2015 #2
As a medical marijuana user, I can tell you azmom Jul 2015 #7
Not if it is fat washed, the skunk smell gets tossed out with the water. bettyellen Jul 2015 #40
Wait, what? I'll have to google that. azmom Jul 2015 #41
You simmer it with much more water than butter, bettyellen Jul 2015 #45
How would mercuryblues Jul 2015 #3
They had her in an orange jumper in an empty cell. Where did she get the recently-consumed pot? pnwmom Jul 2015 #4
Pot stays in your system for a good while, long after the high wears off. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #6
Blood tests are pretty accurate these days Nevernose Jul 2015 #10
Hmmm, I'm guessing it would have been a blood test at an autopsy... Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #14
The active ingredient in pot, THC, also stores in the fat cells of the body. The THC from *1 joint* Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #44
sure you can get high, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with her death. spanone Jul 2015 #5
No, you cannot get high eating raw cannabis buds TheSarcastinator Jul 2015 #19
you wanna bet? spanone Jul 2015 #21
I beg to differ. nt B2G Jul 2015 #22
Sure you can. Atman Jul 2015 #27
Yes you can melman Jul 2015 #28
Yes, you absolutely can. closeupready Jul 2015 #30
Yes, you certainly can. zappaman Jul 2015 #39
Someone correct me if I am wrong but testing for pot doesn't tell you when Cal Carpenter Jul 2015 #8
IDK, that may be right, but they may just be looking to crush her credibility, remember Trayvon? HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #33
Yep, we've seen it all before Cal Carpenter Jul 2015 #36
Why does it matter? blogslut Jul 2015 #9
So now it was teh pot that killed her? Warren DeMontague Jul 2015 #11
On my way home from 'Nam madokie Jul 2015 #12
That's the danger in eating marijuana! csziggy Jul 2015 #35
LOL on the Godzilla movie. azmom Jul 2015 #42
The Grim Reefer claims another victim DefenseLawyer Jul 2015 #13
Yes. H2O Man Jul 2015 #15
In Rotterdam Holland I put a gram of Black Afghani Hash in my mouth like you would with B Calm Jul 2015 #20
You only get "baked" AFTER ingestion..... MADem Jul 2015 #26
What am I missing? maxsolomon Jul 2015 #16
So the Texas cops are saying she had marijuana in her system and thus B Calm Jul 2015 #17
you CANNOT get high from eating raw cannabis! TheSarcastinator Jul 2015 #18
Thank you. Too many comments to the contrary elias49 Jul 2015 #23
This is what I was told at the dispensary. azmom Jul 2015 #43
Wow, they are really scared of something...I cannot wait to hear the TRUTH from the 2nd Rex Jul 2015 #24
They're flailing. Warren DeMontague Jul 2015 #25
If not for the fact that she is not the first person found mysteriously dead in that exact jail. Rex Jul 2015 #32
Texas trooper Brian Encinia said Sandra Bland was arrested for Assault. He lied JimDandy Jul 2015 #37
Another demon-weed uppity! Anansi1171 Jul 2015 #29
No. Raw does not produce high unless heated. Heat activates THC. Med Marj is used for epilepsy. Dont call me Shirley Jul 2015 #31
Decarboxylating Electric Monk Jul 2015 #34
Thank you! Dont call me Shirley Jul 2015 #38
 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
1. Never tried it, but I've heard it can be done
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 01:16 PM
Jul 2015

The concentrations of THC in these new strains are huge. Very inefficient though.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
2. Everything in this case sounds suspicious.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 01:35 PM
Jul 2015

It would be so easy to add marijuana to the food that you serve in the jail.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
7. As a medical marijuana user, I can tell you
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 02:58 PM
Jul 2015

For certain that any food laced with marijuana has a certain taste and smell. I was shocked when I first had a pot brownie. It does not taste like a normal brownie at all.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
41. Wait, what? I'll have to google that.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 07:11 PM
Jul 2015

I've been having a hard time with the edibles because of the taste and smell. Thanks for the tip.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
45. You simmer it with much more water than butter,
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 10:19 AM
Jul 2015

Very low for a few hours. Some people use crock pots. Then you finely strain / squeeze it out it into a heat proof bowl and put it in the fridge. (And run more boiling water over the strainer to get all the butter out)
A solid lid of butter will form on top overnight. You can use very cold water to rinse the bottom, but the little amount there won't matter. The butter should be very green, and the water will stink and be very murky and useless- discard. There is a slight taste alteration to the butter- but not the typical one and no smell.
The great thing is you can make it quite strong and dilute it and or freeze some for later too.
For brownies, I think using coffee or espresso as your liquid and some extra cocoa(directly to the butter) helps make them extra special.
You're welcome! Let me know how it works for you!

mercuryblues

(14,537 posts)
3. How would
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 02:14 PM
Jul 2015

she even have access to it in a jail cell? They placed her in a cell by herself. The only people that had access to her were the cops.

There are so many easily provable lies coming from the police.

pnwmom

(108,995 posts)
4. They had her in an orange jumper in an empty cell. Where did she get the recently-consumed pot?
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 02:37 PM
Jul 2015

From one of their jailers?



 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
6. Pot stays in your system for a good while, long after the high wears off.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 02:53 PM
Jul 2015

She could have smoked or eaten some hours or even days before she got pulled over.

But that's really irrelevant.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
10. Blood tests are pretty accurate these days
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 03:24 PM
Jul 2015

Accurate enough to tell the difference between whether one consumed that day or three days prior. That's why, for instance, the NFL changed the testing cutoff from 15 nngms to 150, to differentiate between players who'd consumed the day before from the players who consumed before the game (more and more sports associations are recognizing marijuana as a performance enhancer).

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
44. The active ingredient in pot, THC, also stores in the fat cells of the body. The THC from *1 joint*
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:47 PM
Jul 2015

can be detected for up to 30 days, depending on your metabolism. A daily smoker who smokes 3 or 4 joints per day can take **months** to get clean. I know this from personal experience, and it was explained to me by a doctor. I was referred to pain management in 2004, after 2 major neck surgeries from an accident that left me disabled. Before my accident, and subsequent surgeries, I wouldn't even take an aspirin for a headache because I hated taking pills of *any* kind.

The doctor prescribed me Oxycodone 10/325s... 10 milligrams of oxycodone combined with 325 milligrams of acetaminophen. Within 30 minutes uf taking the pill, I was passed out on the couch, in the chair, etc. I didn't like that, so I just put the bottle away in a drawer and would only take one every once in a great while, like when I couldn't sleep due to pain, and had been up for 2 or 3 days. **NOTE**: I was injured on 9/5/03, and waited a little over a year to have surgery as I was still able to walk, and they only gave me 40% chance of not coming out of surgery paralyzed from the neck down. The pain got so bad that I finally told my Neurosurgeon "Go ahead and operate because at this point, I think paralysis would be preferable to the pain".

I had my first surgery on Sept 21st, 04 and spent 8 days in the hospital. Upon release, I was given 120 oxy 10/325s again. That's 4 per day! Every time I woke up, my wife was shoving another pill on me as I was in a lot of pain from a botched operation. I was given another refill at the end of October, and scheduled for the 2nd surgery around the middle of Nov. 04. I spent 9 days in the hospital then, getting released 2 days before Thanksgiving, with 120 more oxys. This time, I weaned myself off of the pills in 2 weeks, and started smoking pot for pain relief even though it wasn't legal in my state. On my first follow-up visit, the doctor asked if I needed more pain pills and I told him "No, I have found a more "natural" pain reliever, and I can actually function on it." He smiled knowingly and said "This is off the record, but marijuana is the best pain reliever known to man. I have no problem with you smoking it".

Fast forward to 2010.. I decided to try pain management, as I was spending close to $400/mo on pot and thought "here I am with this insurance and prescriptions only cost me $1.10/ea, I can get a months supply of pain meds and save a BUNCH of money!" I quit smoking for a little over a month, made an appointment, and still tested positive for THC. This went on for 4 months! That's when the doctor explained that the THC stores in your fat cells. It comes out in your sweat, and if it isn't washed off immediately, it reabsorbs into your body, making the levels higher, like you have just recently smoked. I told him that I *knew* that I hadn't been smoking, but had been sweating, and trying to lose weight. He said that explained a lot, and finally wrote me a prescription for some real pain meds instead of Tramadol.

They *could* have found the marijuana in the fat cells of her liver or other organs. I hope this helps you, or anyone else, understand how THC can be detected...

Peace,

Ghost

Atman

(31,464 posts)
27. Sure you can.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:57 PM
Jul 2015

I had vocal cord surgery several years ago. The doctors said I was not to talk or utter a sound for about a week. I certainly couldn't smoke, but I ate a couple of buds. It's a delayed reaction, not like smoking, but it sure as heck does the job!

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
8. Someone correct me if I am wrong but testing for pot doesn't tell you when
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 03:07 PM
Jul 2015

or how much someone consumed. Not with any accuracy.

This makes no sense. Unless they somehow think there is still marijuana in her stomach or intestines, what the hell would further testing prove?

And what the hell does it matter anyway, except make them look bad for letting pot into their shitty ass jail to begin with? It has nothing to do with her death, be it murder or suicide or anything else.

What the fuck.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
33. IDK, that may be right, but they may just be looking to crush her credibility, remember Trayvon?
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 05:14 PM
Jul 2015

They found traces in his body, somehow, and decided that could be used to discredit him. And it did with many people.

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
36. Yep, we've seen it all before
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 05:25 PM
Jul 2015

That they'd go to the extent of requesting the family return her body to Texas so they can re-test it though, that's particularly ghastly.

But yeah, these fuckers have a great way of turning the victim into the 'suspect' during these events. Sick, sick shit. As though, if the victim had a colorful past, the cops therefore are justified in acting as judge, jury and executioner.

blogslut

(38,016 posts)
9. Why does it matter?
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 03:19 PM
Jul 2015

I think the more relevant part of the article lies here:

JAIL CITED

The jail where Bland died was cited three days after her death by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards for failing to complete visual face-to-face observations of inmates every 60 minutes as required by state regulations.

It was also cited for failing to produce written records to prove that jail staff had undergone required yearly training in the recognition, supervision, documentation and handling of inmates who are mentally disabled or potentially suicidal.

The jail also failed an inspection in November 2012 for failing to complete hourly observations after an inmate's suicide, state records show.


That jail had someone commit suicide just three years previous and still failed to take proper precautions to prevent another one - if indeed, Ms. Bland actually did commit suicide.

Gross Negligence at a minimum.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
12. On my way home from 'Nam
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 03:35 PM
Jul 2015

I eat about a quarter ounce of Cambodian weed and was still higher than a kit when I got to Alaska 24 hours later. No cooking, just put it in my mouth and chewed and chewed until I had it all chewed up and swallowed it with a good dose of water and about thirty minutes later I was wondering if maybe I over did it.

csziggy

(34,137 posts)
35. That's the danger in eating marijuana!
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 05:16 PM
Jul 2015

It's far too easy to take much more and end up much higher than you expect. I had two times when I got too high with pot - once I made granola with it and snuck it into a theater to watch some Japanese Godzilla movie. To this day I have flashbacks when watching any of those old movies!

Another time I made pot brownies. I swear I only ate one but I was so high that the next day I got so sick and dizzy I was throwing up. I haven't taken marijuana orally since then.

H2O Man

(73,608 posts)
15. Yes.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 03:46 PM
Jul 2015

It does not require baking, etc.

I once debated a friend about this very topic. He insisted pot had to be cooked or baked in order for the consumer to get high. I asked him if he had ever ate a gram of hash? [Note: I already knew the answer to my question.]

There are ways to slowly cook pot in butter, in order to get its desired properties for baking, without having the bulk of the plant in, say, a brownie mix. Lots and lots of clever ways to prepare it in food.

However, from my college days, I know that if one eats a gram of hash and drinks a half-pint of tequila for breakfast, that day will be a learning experience.

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
20. In Rotterdam Holland I put a gram of Black Afghani Hash in my mouth like you would with
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:34 PM
Jul 2015

chew tobacco. About an hour and half later I was high as a kite.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. You only get "baked" AFTER ingestion.....
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:57 PM
Jul 2015


I have a friend who does her medical weed up in a crock pot and oil.

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)
16. What am I missing?
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:25 PM
Jul 2015

the link says she had weed in her system. Not that she ate a bunch when the cop pulled her over. Is that what you're saying?

how do you know it was ingested? they found undigested edibles in her stomach three days later?

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
17. So the Texas cops are saying she had marijuana in her system and thus
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:29 PM
Jul 2015

hanged herself. Damn, are the cops down there that stupid?

TheSarcastinator

(854 posts)
18. you CANNOT get high from eating raw cannabis!
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:31 PM
Jul 2015

The Alpha-THC hasn't yet been converted into good old delta-9, which takes time and gentle heat. In addition, you usually need to extract the cannabinoids into a lipid (oil, fat, alcohol) in order to get high while consuming it. This is the same reason you can't brew marijuana "tea" with hot water -- you will just waste your bud.

I've written cannabis cookbooks & extraction instructional manuals for the Colorado industry -- there is a lot of misunderstanding around edibles, how they work, and how your body processes the cannabis. It seems the lying killers in Texas have been tripped u trying to use reefer madness as an excuse for murder.

 

elias49

(4,259 posts)
23. Thank you. Too many comments to the contrary
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:41 PM
Jul 2015

but, no. You don't get high eating raw weed. And it stays - measurable - in your system for close to a month. This from daily smoking. Which is why people applying for jobs that drug-test stop a few weeks before they apply/get blood tested.

Of course none of this should be relavant to the death/murder of Sharon Bland.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
43. This is what I was told at the dispensary.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 07:22 PM
Jul 2015

I've never tried it without turning it into butter first, so I don't know.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
24. Wow, they are really scared of something...I cannot wait to hear the TRUTH from the 2nd
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:45 PM
Jul 2015

autopsy! So WAS it 'resisting arrest' OR 'assaulting an officer'? The bullshit story by the DA and PD are falling apart before our eyes!

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
25. They're flailing.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 04:52 PM
Jul 2015

I feel like I'm watching one of those kids birthday party magicians, all of a sudden being forced to perform his act on a national tv show, and everybody can see him hiding the rabbit in the hat.



If what I suspect went down actually did, then my hunch is they've pulled this act before, but they've never had it subjected to this level of scrutiny.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
32. If not for the fact that she is not the first person found mysteriously dead in that exact jail.
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 05:10 PM
Jul 2015

This might have flown under the radar. Another 'scary MJ person' meme bites the dust. Why does this remind me of the excuses in the Trayvon Martin murder case?

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
37. Texas trooper Brian Encinia said Sandra Bland was arrested for Assault. He lied
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 05:35 PM
Jul 2015

on the police report he filed. Trooper Encinia did not disclose, on the police report he filed, the fact that he had placed her under arrest while she was in her car. And the video shows Trooper Encinia also lied verbally to his supervisor. I don't know why he hasn't been fired already.

ETA: Trooper Encinia probably lied because, if he had sworn out a warrant for resisting arrest he would have had to divulge the facts of what happened in her car. It would have then been clear to his superior that he ordered her out of the car without having any reasonable fear for his safety (an element lawyers say is necessary for police ordering someone out of their car per the decision of the Supreme Court).

Sandra Bland had an excellent false arrest case. She knew it, he knew it and she let him know she knew it. His career and reputation were in serious jeopardy. If evidence is ever found to support a murder charge, Encinia who had motive and likely opportunity, sure looks good for it.

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