High CBD: using tincture vs smoking dry herb

I'm hoping someone has some solid knowledge about how a high CBD strain's effects might differ between smoking and using tincture. I'm planning on making my own vegetable glycerin-based tincture soon because I don't like smoking pot and the tincture is way cheaper and more convenient than smoking or vaping for a lot of reasons.


I currently smoke a puff or two of a strain called ACDC many times a day. ACDC, for those who aren't familiar, is a low THC, high CBD sativa strain. The stuff I get is marked by the dispensary as about 15% CBD, 0% THC. Which is great, because I don't really like being high, and certainly not all day, every day. I have an EXTREMELY low tolerance. Whatever you're imagining, I'm 1/4 as tolerant as that. One puff of most strains hits me very hard. But ACDC instantly relieves my muscle and joint pain and anxiety, gives me that body buzz, and makes me kind of ditzy, but doesn't make me giggly or confused or high in the cerebral sense. It's pretty amazing and I've drastically reduced my use of tramadol as a result.


I sometimes use a glycerin tincture of Blue Dream that I bought at a dispensary, and I notice that the effects are much milder (and for me, more manageable) than when I've smoked or vaped Blue Dream. I wonder if the same will be true of ACDC, which unlike Blue Dream, has little to no THC.


Does anyone have any experience or insight into how a glycerin tincture of ACDC might be more or less intense, or qualitatively different in its effects? I very much do NOT want to get sleepy, but since it's a sativa I doubt that will be an issue. I also really don't want to feel high. I want this to be a pain medication I can use throughout every day and still be functional. I plan on letting the flower sit in glycerin for a couple months before straining it, and I will start with just a drop under the tongue and increase after an hour or two if necessary. Thanks for any advice!

 

Forgot I posted this. (stoner) I made the tincture, and it turned out bitter because I think I burned the plant material while it was cooking in the glycerin in the slow cooker. So I put it in my e-cig instead of under my tongue, and I vape it. It's fantastic. The benefits sneak up on me. I don't feel stoned, but I feel peaceful and my pain diminishes, and if I smoke a lot, I feel spacey. But never tired, or tweaked, or anything. Next time I'm going to use the cold method where I mix it with glycerin and leave it in a jar for 2-3 months, and shake it every day. No slow cooker. I highly recommend making vegetable glycerin tincture. Vaping it doesn't make a strong weed smell so it's much more viable in an apartment complex or other place you can't be caught using weed.