Cannabinoids, commonly referred to as CBD (preceded by a C inside triangle symbol)—which you thought was vaguely similar to a copyright circle-c mark but different—was followed by a lengthy quantity of dense information. You considered that it came-off-as an, 'Everything You Wanted To Know About Hemp But Were Afraid To Ask' research-paper, teaching the reader how to efficiently determine their POE (personal optimal efficacy).
First-up, you scanned a chart. It reflected 'elapsed time' on the x-axis, and 'milligram dose' on the y-axis: The lowest dose was annotated: "under this level of bio-availability, desired effects are inconsequential" and, adjacent to the highest: "desired effects become rapidly rendered un-witness-able due to functional-memory loss." The sentence, "any DBM (dose beyond maximum) increases sleep's on-set, depth, and length" stuck with you; as did the phrase, "reduces the optimal desired-effect window".
The description caused you to imagine a map depicting the path of the moon's shadow during a total solar eclipse and your mind wandered [I was intrigued so didn't interrupt you] . . . looking up from the shadow's center-line allowed witnessing (for the longest time possible) the sky turning instantly blue-to-black, all the night's stars, and the stark-white corona around Sol . . . any distance from center-line decreased witness-time . . . even slightly outside the edge of the moon's umbra and the dimming sun of a partial eclipse was no-different than a cloudy day . . . go too-far and there would be nothing to witness . . . nothing to interrupt your routine.
The card provided more details; more than you required. The words "active meditation" were too-frequent, you thought. So, you skimmed-over reasons why edible cannabinoids from hemp provided a 'Goldilocks Effect' (and not its "party-sister" plant); how liver metabolism allowed "stacking" and an "entourage effect"; as well as the various active meditation failures, when CBD derivatives were inhaled and absorbed into the bloodstream through the lungs. You stopped skimming on the results of other hallucinogenics, which were considered to be, "contra-indicated for achieving the desired-level of (again! you scowled inwardly) active meditation".
You re-focused on the descriptions of "Delta" (which you learned was marketing-speak for 'man-made derivative compound'). After reading, you understood how specific molecules were distilled from the oil extracted from hemp, and why D8, D9, D10, and THC0 (et cetera) were legal and internet-available.
Further, you learned the difference between 'cbd isolates' and 'full' or 'broad' spectrum's [I saved that one in long-term: Full provided the most noticeable entourage effects, Broad was 'middle of the road', and isolates were isolated alone, without entourage.]
Small-print (which was not actually small) described why it "should be considered mandatory" to abstain at least 48-hours prior from drug use (prescribed or recreational, including but-not-limited-to: tobacco, alcohol, mood stabilizers, and micro-dosing). Since you'd already been warned of this—and could easily comply—this didn't cause you to pause.
Then the paper-card described the capsules in the next four depressions:
Manufacturer's serving-size: two capsules; Go On Artwork dose: one capsule
of the cbdMD-brand: Focus which contains:
Broad-spectum CBD-----------------< 35mg (33.8mg exactly)
Vitamin B12---------------------------120mcg (or 0.000120mg)
Magnesium L-Threonate--------------900mg
Alphina Root extract------------------300mg
Bacopa Herb extract-------------------75mg
Toothed Clubmoss herb extract-------20mg
Manufacturer's serving-size: one capsule; Moderate Experimenter's (ME): one capsule;
Intoxicant Novice's (IN): skip this capsule; Risk Taker's (RT): two capsules
of the cbdMD-brand: Curcumin CBD oil which contains:
Broad-spectrum CBD----------------------< 28mg (27.5mg exactly)
Turmeric Root extract-----------------------200mg
Piperine (extracted from black pepper)----15mg
Recommended dose for IN's and ME's: 30mg;
Recommended dose for RT's: 60mg;
Flavored gelatin containing: Full-spectrum D-8 hemp extract:
Green 15mg / Yellow 30mg / Orange 45mg / Purple: 60mg
The small-print (which was actually a smaller font) explained that a double-dose made the plateau longer, a slightly more intense experience-at-peak, and only begins to dissipate after 6 hrs, instead of the 'normal' 4 hrs. Usual side-effects (dry-mouth, lethargy, imagination-boost) were magnified and full-recovery could last 12+ hours instead of the 'normal' 8 hours.
You glanced at the depression containing colored gelatin's in front of you. [Even though you strongly suspected that this was a test-point, I still tamped-down your temptation to take more than the novice's yellow by reflecting on the image of the administrator politely asking you to leave as they stood and escorted you from their house.] You continued to read to the bottom of the page.
Recommended dose for IN's: None;
Recommended dose for ME's: < 10mg (8.5mg exactly) taken in two hours
Recommended dose for RT's: < 20mg (17mg exactly) taken in four hours
Flavored gelatin containing: Full-spectrum D-9 hemp extract:
Red 5mg / Blue 10mg
The last words on the front of the paper read, "take only what applies from the four depressions as described above." Pocket-sized containers for the D9 are available from the administrator.
You took only what was expected.
You flipped the paper over as the administrator re-filled your tea and slid another packet of yellow sweetener towards the edge of your cup with a nod-smile.
Go On:
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