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MiHale

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7. I help out some cannabis users mostly close to first timers...
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 11:56 AM
Yesterday

Like you.
There are a bunch of seniors in my area. Most have had hard working lives, farming, logging, excavation…etc.

Some have tried cannabis in the past but are a little wary now because of the reports about the high strength of the buds now. I liken smoking again to drinking moonshine…we used to call it ‘sipping whiskey’. You don’t down the entire shot…you sip it, savor the burn…let a little sublingual action take place before you swallow.

These people are using it more as a pain/stress reliever and sleep aid, not so much as a recreational drug.

I tell them to smoke cannabis the same way…take small hits from joint/pipe…let the smoke linger..lift your tongue up … smoke will be absorbed sublingually…then finish the inhale…this shout only take less than 10 seconds. Wait…’sip’ some more…go slowly. I find once people learn their tolerance levels. It comes as second nature.

Oh yes….most important…have a very positive attitude.

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