Need some advice, bit of a long read

[Buddychrist]

Recently started using MJ, was hoping for an alternative to smoking, but i don't think ill quit smoking, just bought 2 hand pipes and a waterpipe.

However I still want to try this.

I made green dragon recently, and it turned out pretty good, I used the microwave to Decarboxylate the THCA into THC, most likely would have been better to use the oven but it makes the house smell like pot, Then used a water bath to heat everclear and cannabis to around 170 Degrees Fahrenheit (76.66 degrees Celsius), just below the boiling point of alcohol at sea level, and simmered it there for 20 minutes to help with THC extraction. I can not advise measurements of cannabis and alcohol as mine were guesses. I'm pretty sure I could have made it stronger had I let go for a longer period of time, because I allowed a friend to smoke the cannabis leavings, and he supposedly got high (Maybe placebo effect?).

Anyway, I have been recently looking into other types of mind altering drugs, and ran across Absinthe.

True absinthe can not be sold in the US legally (yet) because it contains a psychoactive ingredient found in wormwood called thujone, however you can legally import it from other countries for personal consumption, I'm not even sure if there is enough thujone in absinthe to cause any effects that alcohol does not cause by itself, scientific evidence indicates that there isn't. The most common reported effect is visual and mental clarity and vividness. I do have a couple bottles coming in the mail because, even if it is not true, I still feel it is worth a try. I plan to test the absinthe by itself first to test the reported effects, I'm hoping it is not a mass placebo effect. Afterward I plan to make a batch of green dragon using it. I intend to add Everclear to increase THC extraction, and evaporate a large portion of the alcohol out afterward. I hope to get a batch of fairly strong green dragon plus the effects of absinthe.

I don't have a source of very good bud at the moment so I will be using, maybe, 1.33 oz of lower mids, 16 oz. of 72% ABV. absinthe, and 8 oz. of 95% ABV. Everclear and evaporate it down to 12 oz. I intend to smoke at least one bowl of the leavings after it has dried because I would like to either validate or invalidate my friends experiance, hopefully my mind will not trick me into thinking I'm high.

Any advice on measurements or dosage? I intend this to be for consumption via drinking, not by the milliliter or smoking.

I'm very lightweight in the drinking department, and I do not have a high THC tolerance either.

Also, Any advice on something to mix green dragon with?
For this batch i was thinking red bull, the absinthe I'm getting is going to have a strong Anise (very similar to Licorice) flavor, hoping it will go similar to red bull and Jegermister. If not that, maybe root beer.

I'm quite curious if any of you have tried this yet, and the results.


I also have some Salvia coming in the mail, hopefully in for an excellent experience.