Marijuana: The World's Most Misunderstood Plant by Jeffrey Friedland

Author:Jeffrey Friedland [Friedland, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Broome Publishing
Published: 2015-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21: Marijuana Edibles

“I strained to remember where I was or even what I was wearing, touching my green corduroy jeans and staring at the exposed-brick wall. As my paranoia deepened, I became convinced that I had died and no one was telling me.”

Maureen Dowd, New York Times Columnist Edibles have gone way beyond the Alice B. Toklas brownies of the 1950s and 1960s. Because of advancements in marijuana breeding over the past sixty years, today’s edibles are manufactured from marijuana strains that are many times more potent than at any other time in history.

Most, if not all of today’s edibles are manufactured from concentrates or extracts and not marijuana buds. Improvements in marijuana extraction technology have accelerated the development and manufacture of new edible products.

The market for edibles has also been affected by the legalization of marijuana at the state-level. Legal markets have been a motivator for entrepreneurs seeing the manufacture of edibles as a profitable and legal enterprise. In some states, this has resulted in the availability of dozens, if not hundreds of edible products.

The market for edibles is seen as one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. marijuana industry. It’s not uncommon for consumers to carry hard marijuana-based candies in their pocket, or lollipops in their purse.

As more states legalize marijuana for recreational or medical use, edible products are becoming available to a larger and larger audience. These new users include the elderly, many of whom are entirely new to marijuana and have no idea what to expect.

Recreational users are finding the surreptitious ability to get high provides an alternative way to use marijuana without the stigma of smoking a joint, pulling out a pocket-sized vaporizer, or a torch to dab. Brownies, cupcakes and candy bars are easy to eat at a concert or an NBA basketball game.

For patients who have never smoked, and don’t want to smoke due to health concerns, edible products are an attractive alternative. For other medical marijuana users, including children, edibles are an easy way to ingest medicine. Edible users include sufferers of chronic pain, who can eat a few gummy bears or a cookie when they need relief. The downside for medical consumers is that edibles don’t provide immediate relief. It typically takes at least thirty minutes for edibles to have an impact, and depending on the concentration of cannabinoids, the full effect might not be felt for a couple of hours.

In states where marijuana is legal, there are a variety of edibles available. These include chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies, fudge, caramels, chocolate truffles, chocolate bark toffees, lollipops, candy bars, candies, and cupcakes of various sizes. Edibles are also available as ready-to-drink products, including soft drinks, juices, lemonades, coffees and teas.

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