Is it healthy to make edibles out of weed bought on the street?

:leaf:That might be a pretty stupid question for people who are more experienced. But me, I have been smoking weed for only a couple of times.

Is it healthy to eat weed bought on the street, as opposed to homegrown weed or weed bought from a dispensary? The thing is that I had to quickly get rid of the rest of my stash (about 2 grams) and I couldn't smoke it for the moment. So I brewed myself some tea, using butter and boiling water. Now that might be a total waste of weed (we'll get to see that), but it's better than throwing it away, I guess (which would be the only option, as I don't want to risk my room being searched while I'm away and any weed be found in it).

My question is whether drinking the brew would be a healthy/safe thing to do (I mean, not knowing in what conditions/hygiene it was grown). My guess is, as long it's safe enough to smoke it, it should be safe enough to eat it too. Or am I mistaken?
 

toonz420

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Weed off the streets is grown the same as dispensary bud, no difference except the what they do suring the growing process, yes perfectly safe and healthy
 

gioua

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you know... I would say that disp weed is checked for molds-scat-pestisides etc.. street weed is whatever is available perhaps the same crap that is rejected at the dispensaries gets sold on the streets..

if you have a compromised immune system dont risk it unless you know the source
 
Oh, I forgot to add that I don't live in the US, there is no medical marijuana where I live, also no dispensaries. In my country, street weed is the only weed available.

I can't say I have a compromised immune system. I do have IBS though and I'm more sensitive to what I eat than whatnot. However, given that I've smoked the same weed and everything was ok, how could eating it be more dangerous/harmful? I really want to put my mind at peace before drinking the brew...
 

gioua

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well if there is mold on the buds... and you eat it.. your digestive system loves new bacteria and mold spores so....

I am not saying all the stuff out there is bad hell it's been over 20 years since I bought street weed.. lol
 
But if there's mold on the buds and I smoke it, isn't it equally harmful or even more harmful to smoke mold? I'm sorry to be such a newbie and so ignorant about these issues...

I'm just trying to assess whether eating it would be more harmful than smoking the same stuff...
 

sunni

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yeah just check the bud ive made most of my edibles when i was younger from street weed....
and smoke it....
 

gioua

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you can check yourself for mold one of the signs is if you take a bud and snap it in half and see a plume of smoke like stuff it's mold
 
Thanks to everybody for your replies.

I finally drank like half of the brew. It was ok and I'm fine now. I think my irritable bowel didn't agree with the butter in the recipe (I should've gotten lactose-free milk, but I didn't have the time to go and buy; I will, next time). All in all, I did get pretty stoned for a long long time (more of a body high than of a mind one). It was a waste of weed in the end (I could've rolled 16 little joints out of it and get high off them for 2-3 months with my moderate pattern of consumption), but at least I'm happy that I still managed to get high instead of throwing the weed in the trash bin for fear of it being found in my room...
 

sunni

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Thanks to everybody for your replies.

I finally drank like half of the brew. It was ok and I'm fine now. I think my irritable bowel didn't agree with the butter in the recipe (I should've gotten lactose-free milk, but I didn't have the time to go and buy; I will, next time). All in all, I did get pretty stoned for a long long time (more of a body high than of a mind one). It was a waste of weed in the end (I could've rolled 16 little joints out of it and get high off them for 2-3 months with my moderate pattern of consumption), but at least I'm happy that I still managed to get high instead of throwing the weed in the trash bin for fear of it being found in my room...
try oil next time.
 

mountaingarden

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I doubt I can stomach oil in a tea. It's pretty annoying to have such a sensitive GI tracPOLITICS t, especially when fatty foods are my major IBS triggers and THC only dissolves in fat...
I de-carb at 250 degrees for an hour (stirring half way thru), grind it to a powder in a mortar/pestle and make dry capsules. Takes 2 hours to kick in, and for sure the coconut oil capsules work faster and may be more intense. But I haven't dialed in that process...the dry works fine if you remember to schedule!
 

sunni

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I doubt I can stomach oil in a tea. It's pretty annoying to have such a sensitive GI tract, especially when fatty foods are my major IBS triggers and THC only dissolves in fat...
well not in tea.. if you bake anything else, cause i have chrons. so i know what youre going through oil works best for me
 

taekwondoguy

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Thanks to everybody for your replies.

I finally drank like half of the brew. It was ok and I'm fine now. I think my irritable bowel didn't agree with the butter in the recipe (I should've gotten lactose-free milk, but I didn't have the time to go and buy; I will, next time). All in all, I did get pretty stoned for a long long time (more of a body high than of a mind one). It was a waste of weed in the end (I could've rolled 16 little joints out of it and get high off them for 2-3 months with my moderate pattern of consumption), but at least I'm happy that I still managed to get high instead of throwing the weed in the trash bin for fear of it being found in my room...
damn bro u know how to make weed stretch, 2 grams 16 joints. I've smoke more than that in a sitting/blunt.
 
damn bro u know how to make weed stretch, 2 grams 16 joints. I've smoke more than that in a sitting/blunt.
Not my fault. It's something that's quite strange with me: I am very affected by even small amounts of most psychoactive substances (I mean, even pseudoephedrine or caffeine, if you can believe it). I call myself a regular opiate user and I only need 30-60 mg codeine to get high and almost nod off and that's just the recommended starting recreational dose (not to mention that codeine is the weakest opiate out there). I really don't know what's wrong with me...

@Sunni: Thanks for the advice. I will definitely try cooking something with oil. Does weed help with Chron's? It sure helps with IBS, in fact it's the best medication for IBS I've ever took. When I drank the tea, despite my stomach being uncomfortable with the butter, everything else was all right and I didn't need to take any of my prescribed medications for almost a week afterwards. I was so happy, I couldn't believe it (normally I can't make it through the week without my prescription pills)...
 

mak

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damn bro u know how to make weed stretch, 2 grams 16 joints. I've smoke more than that in a sitting/blunt.
thats what i was thinking,he should do 1 plant from seed 12/12 and last him a year or more lmao..though he could just buy an eighth,lmao
 
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