Autistic on Cannabis

I usually cut the oil making process into 2 steps, because it is easier, but I left the ethanol extract for so long crystals started forming in the bottom of the jar. Nothing some scraping with long handled spoon and additional rinsing couldn't fix.

I put 40 gr of cbd flowers there, and I am planning to make 2 10 ml bottles of 200% extract (20 gr went into making 10 ml).

I did some mistakes with the oil, but I think it came out good enough.

Image description: a colorful illustration of Pikachu smoking a joint, while prompt on some pillows against a tree.

A quick illustration because I just had to draw this silly drawing.

In Hebrew pothead-slang Sativa strains are often described as electrifying. If Sativas are electrifying, I think we should give some to the electricity expert. I think she likes it.

Disjointed, Part 2 Episode 6

Image descriptions: 2 screenshots from the show disjointed, one above another. Ruth (Jewish older grey haired women in her 60-70′s) is talking to Maria, (a blond white women in her 40-50′s). subtitles say:

“he’s making you think that because you’re high, you’re crazy. He’s grass-lighting you”

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Suffice to say i think saying it would benefit autistic consumers =\\= curing autism. I know and understand the issue around the perspective of "autism being a problem that needs a cure" and i don't believe in it and don't think that's what this store is expressing. Just as antidepressants could benefit someone with anxiety. It wouldn't cure it, but would help tend to some of the symptoms to make everyday life a bit more tolerable. Doesn't need a cure it just needs management, which is more accessible with the aid of [insert custom assistance here].

I also think it's not worth arguing with an employee. If they don't give the contact info then you leave and call their store and ask again or call a different location. Look the owner up,that should be public information and cause less stress to someone who's trying to pay their bills and not get fired. Anyone who has had a manager knows that manager hates to be called so we aren't inclined to just give out a phone number to every overreaching person with a chip on their shoulder.

I'm not a fan, have never consumed any of their content, but I know that Sydnee McElroy is in fact an MD, and my understanding is that her show is specifically about public outreach and education on shady medical things. ie, correcting shit like this, for consumer protection, is what she does professionally.

Now, an important detail that allistic people are likely to miss: That "Benefits: Autism" sign in the window? It is not marketing to autistic people. It’s aimed at Autism Moms.

Go ahead and Google any phrase you can think of about managing or coping with or handling symptoms of autism. I guarantee you, it’s going to take some digging before you find anything that’s even aimed at us, let alone by us, outside of social media. Everything is about helping the poor suffering people around the person with autism autistic person. When things are for us, they’re inevitably marketed as being for kids, and have any trace of connection to autism scrubbed off: Fidget spinners, weighted blankets, etc aren’t marketed as “benefiting autism.” (A stark example of this: There was once a line of clothing marketed as being “for autistic people,” that was made with extreme attention to texture and comfort - and active GPS tracking devices sewn in. Do you think that’s a feature any autistic person asked for?)

And medical things marketed to Autism Moms? They’re all about “curing” it or making us “normal.” Because the fundamental problem with Autism Moms is that they see the entire problem as us being wrong and strange. Even if this sign doesn’t explicitly say it (because that would actually be illegal), that’s the context and message that will be seen by the target audience.

And I shouldn’t have to tell you that, for a vast number of reasons, cannabis’s efficacy and dosage can vary wildly in comparison with other medications, and - importantly! - there is absolutely no reliable information on its effects on children. Because remember, the target audience is moms who want their kids to be normal. If you did the Google experiment I suggested, you might also have noticed that there’s almost nothing about or for autistic adults.

So, this is a quality-variable, dosage-variable, untested medication, being marketed not to patients, but to people with the authority to force it on patients. The only good thing I can say about it is that it’s not bleach, which is in fact still being sold as a cure for autism to the very same market this store is trying to capture.

This has gotten long as shit already, but on the part about arguing with an employee: It is absolutely 100% worth engaging with the people who actually interface with customers, and who customers will be using as a primary source of information. If she “doesn’t bother” to argue with him, do you think he’s going to think twice about giving the next customer dangerous medical misinformation?

Furthermore, as someone who has frequented dispensaries like this... that looks like a two-bit operation. The sort typically run by two or three affluent white people and 0-2 employees. This isn’t like Walmart or something mandating a sales pitch. This guy has the power to bring this issue up and get it corrected.

Cannabis Vaping Strawberry

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**Image description: An illustration of a strawberry-person with cartoonish limbs, holding a cane in one hand and a vaporizer in the other. It is exhaling vapes and the vapes create a small cloud, disappearing into the words “LESS PAIN” in caps. There is a signature in the bottom of the drawing, with the date “06//08/2018.**

Here is a funny thing I found on AliExpress. If you won’t understand why it is funny, don’t worry, all will be explained.

Transcript:

Buyers questions and answers.

4 layers herb tobbaco spice weeds grass aluminum grinder smoke crusher.

K.O from USA: fits greating cheese too?

Answer list (4):

A.A from Brazil: that and for scrunch herb tea (laughing emoji)

A.A from Brazil: nao achu ke nao, apergara all

M. from USA: NOT a food processor

P.I from USA: Definitely won’t work for cheese lol

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Backstory and info for non-cannabis users:

So I am a medical cannabis user (100% legal, cop bots), and the other day I was just window shopping (on AliExpress) for a bigger grinder which will be easier and faster to use, because my 4 cm cutie is taking a lot of time to grind 5 gr’ (I make 40 capsules for vaping with my Vaporizer every period of time. 5 gr’ sounds like a small amount, but it is quite a lot to grind in one sitting).

I have seen those metal grinders with handles and really like the idea, because they seem to be easier to use. So then I discovered this jem of quastions about the product.

This kind of grinder (“4-layer grinder”), is especially designed for cannabis use, and it is not just general herb crusher. It has way of collect the trichomes (plant hairs) that fall from the plant material, and those can be collected easily and used when you collect enough. In simpler grinders those just build up and are hard to clean out. Since they actually have medical properties and can be smoked/vaped, it is a waste to just throw this material.

Why all the infodump? To explain you that this quite expensive grinder will work for herbs like tea, tabbaco and spices, although it is not what it is designed to do. It might also be able to collect trichomes of other plants if those are rich with some substances, like cannabis trichomes are. But if you don’t use cannabis, it is basically a waste of money. But since cannabis is illegal in many places, the manufacturers are not marking this product as cannabis spesific - even if the product itself is basically just an extra fancy medical herb grinder.

Low-Functioning Autistic: An autistic who is sober and grounded.