Video: Making Edibles With Medical Marijuana Plants

Posted on August 14th, 2010

Standard dose alternatives to dangerous pharmaceuticals can be made from medical marijuana. Eating marijuana is considered more effective than smoking or vaporizing for sleeping or pain management. The effects of eating marijuana have a longer duration, lasting from six to twelve hours.

THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana is found in the mature plant’s flowers and buds. Marinol is synthetic THC is FDA approved, pharmaceutical drug prescribed as appetite stimulant, pain killer or to fight nausea and vomiting.

THC is just one of the cannabinoids that have medical value. Leaves of the plant are commonly considered a waste product contain such cannabinoids, such as the non-psychoactive CBD and CBN. These are known for their sedative, relaxing and anti-anxiety and antibiotic properties. All of the cannabinoids are contained in oil. Cannabinoids are not water soluble.

See how you can make medical marijuana butter out of leaves here