Food based cannabis products are called edibles. They can be found in different forms like gummies, brownies, cookies, teas, candies, coffee creamers and many more. These may contain either of the two active ingredients of marijuana i.e., tetrahyrocannibol (THC) or cannabidiol (CBD). 

Perhaps you are thinking of the major effects that these two types of ingredients have on the consumer. Well, THC majorly causes the consumer be very high while CBD is slow in action and contains less adverse effects. 

Let us now discuss on how edibles can be consumed safely. As stated earlier, they are the cannabis food products and are consumed mainly through swallowing or chewing etc. They pass through the esophagus to the stomach all the way to the intestines and liver where the THC is broken down to the bloodstream. There effects are often not experienced faster like those of smoking or vaping. It could take more than one hour for the consumer to feel it. 

When using them the consumer should have some other food alongside, this is to help in stabilizing the effects that might come as a result of the consumption since they become more intense if someone has not taken a meal. Usually, tiny molecules of THC used in beverages are broken down faster and hence absorbed quickly than those used in solid food e.g., baked foods. 

They usually take a long time before the consumer can get rid of their effects. This is because they get bound to the fats in the body and hence takes long to get rid of them. It is advisable that beginners should start slow and get it before they engage in high consumption. The amount that they are supposed to start with should not be anything above five milligrams. This is because the THC has adverse effects that may otherwise lead to negative health conditions or even death. 

The consumer should always exercise patience when it comes to this type of input, in order for them to start feeling it. Continuous intake may be very dangerous since the consumer may not realize the changes due to the slow action of the product as said earlier. 

The consumer should also avoid using other drugs and drinks like alcohol when taking them because the use of related products at once may lead to high intensification of the effects resulting in malfunctioning of the body, from the normal expectations. 

To add on that, they may have adverse side effects especially in the body like paranoia, some may experience panic attacks and may also cause heart rate elevation. Consumers are advised to avoid making their own at home because they may not have knowledge of the THC amounts that need to be used in making them. CBD is mostly preferred since it does not contain a lot of side effects. 

It is therefore the consumer’s task to gain interest and learn about how they need to take in the edibles to avoid being victims of the problems that come as a result of inappropriate consumption.