We are in partial agreement. I personally think that it is more about perspective and tastes, but potency per unit volume is certainly one reason I pursue extractions.
I mention perspective and varying tastes, because 100% of the people that I extract for are patients looking for symptom relief, and some have such high tolerance that they no longer experience a euphoric high, regardless of method of ingestion.
Some of our aging lungs also no longer accept smoke or vapor without protest, and using that mode can be a body wracking experience, especially if we happen to also have a cold.
Taking my meds sublingually actually works best for my pain from degenerative arthritis, as it does for others that I extract for. Orally works next best, but takes longer and depending on how it is prepared, can upset some stomachs.
Would it surprise you to know that the taste of the oil both orally and smoked or vaporized, is one of the things we test for and that our test panel members can all tell the differences in taste and effect when vaporized or smoked?
Though most goes into meds, I also smoke some of my bubble and dry sieve, and delight in both of their good qualities, which are also different and vary between strains because of the nuances provided by the highly provocative turpenoids.
If I had iron lungs and were to pick only for my own smoking pleasure, my simple boetian tastes actually prefer good bud, followed by dry sieve, which to me maintains more of the strains flavor nuances.
Bubble is very tasty, effective, and different. The most head effect that I’ve had, is from vaporizing oil, and I would describe the taste of properly prepared vaporized oil as, uh, well, hashy, for lack of a better term.
Just another perspective, because my point is really that none is bad, as near as I have been able to divine personally or by testing with others and both tastes and perspectives vary considerably.
GW
