Our medicine is made from high-quality cannabis that has powerful psychoactive properties. This means dosage is key. We’ve heard from some Canna-Club members who struggled to get the dose right, especially as the oil is now thicker and more viscous because we’re using honey as opposed to oil as the delivery medium. The thicker stuff makes it easier to manage dosage but it’s harder to manipulate than the thinner oils in the past that you could squeeze one or two drops from.

With this in mind we’re working on a dosage tutorial and maybe even a how-to video. In the meantime, here are some thoughts about what to do if you take too much medicine. First- don’t worry about trips to the ER or serious health problems. Folks that take too much usually just feel like they smoked too much at a party.

So in the event you do mess up the dosage and take too much medicine, here are a few tips:

1. Remember that this medicine is safe and that even if you feel kind of weird or out of it- that will pass in a matter of hours.

2. Introspective thoughts and voracious hunger are normal in these circumstances.

3. If you live alone call a friend and let them know you took a little too much medicine and you’re felling kind of out of it. Ask them to call you back in a couple hours to see how you’re doing.

Cannabis is powerful stuff. It has psychoactive properties which is why it works. For some people the effect can be unpleasant if they don’t get the dosage right.

Getting the dose right

For most people using CBD oil, it takes some experimentation to determine the right dose. How much you take depends on the potency of the oil. Here are some tips our friends say work well.

1. Take the oil around one-half hour before bed. If the oil is thick and difficult to get out of the bottle, put the bottle into a glass a really hot water and leave it there for a minute.

2. Start off with a very small dose. Imagine one dose is about the size of a rice kernel. If you have high-potency oil (the stronger oil is a darker color) start with a drop that’s the size of one-half a rice kernel.

3. Put the drop of oil onto the palm of your hand. Take your index finger and swipe the oil off your palm and then rub it on the inside of your cheek or under your tongue. Under the tongue works best. Do not swallow. Stomach acids will kill the active healing ingredients in the oil.

4. First time users might immediately feel a moderate level of euphoria which leads to a relaxed body state and a restful night’s sleep. But for some people the effects of the oil can take up to 3 weeks to kick in – so be patient.

5. As your system adjusts to the oil, the euphoric effects yu experienced the first few days will subside and become almost unnoticeable. The health benefits are numerous for sleep, constipation, stress and anxiety, depression and lots more.

6. After three days of taking a drop that’s the size of a rice kernel nd you have not experienced anything, take two drops for the next three days. You can keep increasing the dose in tiny increments. You will know when you have exceeded the amount that’s right for you if you feel a little “vague” and dizzy. Next day go back to the previous dose After eight years, I am taking 3 drops before bed mostly for sleeping. I started out with one drop.

7. If you take too much, you might feel dizzy, very tired, or foggy. Nothing bad will happen to you – no one has ever overdosed taking too much CBD oil. Go back to bed and sleep it off.

8. Store the bottle in a cool, dark place. It does not need refrigeration. Shelf life is 3 years.

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