To consider doing something a bit naughty?!

[Ilovethebeach89]

So my 20yr old ds announced last night his mate has some cannabis. He wants me and him to get some and make space cakes. I've never ever tried that but I have to admit I'm curious. I did do other drugs when I was his age but nothing for years and years. I've said no dont be ridiculous but it's at the back of my mind now. Do adults actually do that and enjoy it?! I'm 47 btw. Maybe lockdown has sent me crazy.

People drink with their parents/grownup kids, not much difference, it'll be legal soon enough

Hmm... me and 17 year old have taken to having a drink in the evenings recently!

Agreeing with other pps I wouldn't eat it. It can be so intense and it hits you later than smoking it and it can hit you like a very stoned stone. The last thing you want is to get a bit trippy and paranoid at this time. Could you consider smoking it instead?

Hopefully it’ll be legal soon enough. Makes me laugh when people act like they get a LCD trip off it though. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

People do, I personally wouldn't (same age but in drunk on a couple of glasses of wine these days). Remember it can be much stronger than when we were 20 so careful how much goes into the brownies.

I think it's something fun to do together! It's not gunna kill you and it's nice that he feels able to suggest it!

Erm no
Have you considered the link between cannabis and onset of psychosis....?

I did in my youth and I would do now.

Some of my favourites memories were of getting baked with my parents.

Just be careful with eating it, you think nothings happening and then it hits you like a lorry. Here’s a stoner thread on here somewhere that’s been active over the last few days so maybe post on there for some tips.

I know a fair few people who were/are heavy users.
They are not what I would call ‘stable’
The cannabis you buy now is nothing like the cannabis of old...

I'd be more worried about the normalisation of drug use with your son than the cannabis.
A guy I know at school used to take drugs while with his mum, she drank and knew what he was taking.
He ended up escalating, becoming a heroin addict, prison several times.
Not everybody escalates from cannabis to heroin I know, but I wonder if the normalisation of it was to blame.

Is it legal? Do what you want if it's legal.

I don’t see how it would be much different than enjoying a few drinks with him?

I personally don’t smoke cannabis for no other reason than I don't enjoy it. Tried it a few time as a teenager and had a space cake in Amsterdam a few years ago, don’t see the point in it, it just sends me to sleep. I’d rather have a gin and tonic any day.

However I have no problem with cannabis, obviously if somebody’s dependent on it and feels the need to smoke it every day it’s a huge problem, in the same way it would be if somebody was an alcoholic and felt the need to drink every day.

It’s all about moderation.

I think if your son has a mate who has some and he’s around it, once the lockdown is over and he’s out and about with his mates it’s likely he will ‘experiment’ with cannabis anyway. Also, he’s 20 years old, he’s an adult there wouldn’t be much you could do to stop him even if you wanted to.

I wouldn’t recommend it, just because in my view it isn’t much fun. But if you want to, and you think you would enjoy it, then why not? I personally wouldn’t encourage it. But keep an open dialogue with your son about it, that way he’s less likely to keep secrets about it from you in the future.

If you’re going to do it, make sure you read up on the effects and how much to use etc, and start off with a very small amount as others have suggested.

Look after yourselves x

If it's not legal, a dealer could be selling you anything. It could be 100% cannabis. It could have all kinds of other shat in to bulk it out. Yuck.

So not worth it.

You and your son? 🤢

I personally don’t like anything which alters my mood or my perception of reality. I like to be able to trust my senses and know that I’m really me.

Ach why not? So many hysterical replies on here! But as advised start slowly, it can often take an hour or two to kick in.

Google how to make canna butter then use that to bake or blend into a drink.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3884553-Stoners

I'm sending the police round now.

Also have to point out drinking under the age of 18 is illegal, but I bet most of us had done that in our youth?

My parents allowed me to have a small glass of something on special occasions from the age of 14/15, and the occasional glass of wine with dinner from the age of 16. Therefore when all my friends we’re having house parties in sixth form alcohol wasn’t a novelty to me, I knew how to drink responsibly, meanwhile a lot of my friends who had parents who were a lot more strict were getting absolutely wasted and lying to their parents about where they were and what they were doing.

So regardless of whether something is legal or illegal and whether you are happy for your child to do it. I think being open and treating your child as an adult (which your son is) is preferable to them going behind your back.

I’ve gotten stoned with my dad but not until I was 25 or so. But my sis as a teen once made some odd smelling biscuits which my mum found on the side and ate 😂😂 said she slept really well.
I’d carry on unless there’s a specific concern about anxiety or psychosis.

IMO Its a lot, lot stronger than it used to be and not as fun.

If you’re into these sort of things, you could use it as a doorway to mediation / music / spirit world.

I know many people who use cannabis solely for creative and meditative purposes. So taking it and listening to music or mediations, or moving your body through stretches etc

Do it! Make cannabutter with a small amount of weed (2/3g) if you’re not used to smoking, then you can make brownies, flapjacks, all sorts.

I’ve got a massive slab of brownie that’s been defrosting waiting to be devoured.

Go for it. Hardly going to turn into a crack head eating space cakes.

I wonder how many crack heads start out with crack, and how many try 'safer' drugs, like maybe cannabis, first.

I tried it in my teens. I personally would as a one off. Just don't have too much or you'll feel incredibly sick.