Question re: concurrent use of edibles and smokeables:

[Aristus]

Is there any risk in taking an edible (say, a candy) to start a long-term high going, and then smoking a joint to attain a rapid, short-acting high? The goal is for the candy to take effect just as the joint is wearing off.

Anybody else do this?

[The River]

1. I Find That Sitting

in a large cardboard box with a joint work best. The smoke hangs around forever and the gradual lack of oxygen enhances your buzzz. /s

[silverweb]

2. I use both at bedtime.

A little homemade cannabutter on a bit of toast first. Then, when I'm actually ready to hit the pillow, a good hit on the vape and I'm out like a light in 5 or 10 minutes. The vape helps me get to sleep quickly and the cannabutter helps me stay asleep.

If you're not planning on sleeping, I have nothing else to add because I use it only for sleep, but I have never heard of any risk involved in using both.

[bettyellen]

3. Id say the only part you need to worry about is getting the edible dose correct.

Sometimes people are impatient and do a bit more ham they should w edibles. A hit or two on top of an okay dose is fine. An extra does you didn’t need is a whole other thing.

[Downtown Hound]

4. The only risk would be in eating either too much or too potent of an edible

But that risk would be there regardless of how much you smoked or didn't smoke. So, in other words, no.

You can't overdose on marijuana from smoking. And if you do overdose on edibles, the only thing that would happen in addition to you getting extremely high is that you would end up throwing the rest of it up before anything really bad happened to you. That's all that happens when you eat too much weed. You might get a little sick in the stomach and not feel so great, but in the end, you'll just end up puking and you'll feel instantly better. With edibles, I advise you to start slow and be patient. Don't overdo it. Many people take edibles and wait for awhile, and when nothing happens they take more, and then when nothing happens after that they take more, and before long they are so freaking high they can't move. Edibles can take awhile to hit you. Be patient.

You're not going to die or anything if you eat too much but you may get way more high than you want. That's why I prefer smoking as opposed to eating it. You can control how high you get that way. That being said, the highest I've ever been in my life has been from these sour ring candies that our local medical marijuana club used to sell before it became totally legal and they had to reduce the potency in their edibles. Whoa. Those things were a trip. I was high for a full two days off of those one time.

But anyways, don't worry. You'll be fine no matter what. Just go easy on the edibles until you know how you react to them. But even if you do eat too many, just relax and know you're going to be okay no matter what. And if you do start to feel sick, inducing vomiting can instantly make you feel better.

Source: Me. A lifelong resident of Northern California's emerald triangle and regular stoner for 25 years.

[askyagerz]

5. When I first got to Oregon

I was warned not to eat a buddy's caramels. He has got a few people with them now. They ended up having to sleep it off for a few days. Glad I got the warning. Friends like these haha