Submitted By:  IE420Patient (Member and Editor)

Camera Used:  Canon PowerShot SD1100IS

Name:  Med-Strips (2-PK) (Edible)

From:  South Coast Patient Center (Dispensary – Santa Ana)

Grade:  A-

Type:  Sativa

Price:  $16 for 2

Looks:  Like any other typical medical dissolve strip.   These were about an inch long, green in color.  Texture is like a fruit roll-up.

Smell:  N/A

Taste:  This has some serious concentration of THC … very strong.  It’s like chewing on a piece of hash.  The taste stays with you for a long time.  Well over an hour I had this strong "organic" taste in my mouth.  

Not the best tasting edible … in fact it’s so strong many may find the taste straight up nasty.

Buzz Stats:  Prior smoke was the night before (a bowl of Emerald Buddha indica) about 12 hours prior which gave me a good night’s sleep.  Had nothing during the morning (no solid food) and I did a 5K jog.  Stomach was empty and I took ONE STRIP at approximately 12:30pm.

Buzz Journey:  It’s Thanksgiving!  With that, I figured this would be the best day to try out a Med-Strip since I have family around and I do not have the means to smoke.  Also, I knew my stomach would be empty since I was not eating Thanksgiving dinner until many hours later.  

So, after my jog, I discreetly put one right on my tongue and jumped in the shower.  Within minutes, I was like "FCUK!"  I can tell I was getting hit with a head buzz and man… here comes the body tingle.  About half hour in I felt like I just took a very good bowl hit of some good Sativa.  I was feeling not good but DAMN GOOD.  

I have a cool body buzz going on that is gradually increasing in intensity.  Everything tapered off about a hour and for the next few hours my buzz stayed at a consistent level.  About 3 hours in, the wear off started and my buzz gradually lowered leaving a bit of a heavy feeling behind my eyes.  Around 4:30pm, everything wore off.

Overall:  FINALLY, a Sativa "edible" in Southern California that actually worked for me.  What’s so cool about these Med-Strips is that they are so discreet and small.   Aside from sticker on the package (which I’d just take off if traveling), nobody would even think this is a MMJ product. 

In fact, this is the exact kind of edible anyone with a high tolerance should try, especially if traveling.   I was told many patients take these with them on planes, cruises, etc. with no issues because they are so discreet.  Also, if one strip is too much medicine you can cut them up.  The bud tender told me a lady who travels often buys a few packages and cuts each strip up into 8 tiny strips and that 1/8th of the dose stops her migraines.  These Med-Strips are no joke. 

This is definitely a med I will purchase again and keep a pack on hand for those times where I want to medicate but cannot smoke.   I prefer these strips over more traditional edibles (brownies, etc) too and one thing is very certain… I will NEVER buy a lollipop again.

Follow Up:  The strips were stuck to each other and the packaging.  They were a bit difficult to take out which is my only gripe but, the work in getting them out is worth it. 

Also, this was my first visit to SCPC and as a collective, I was quite impressed.  SCPC has a ton of edibles.  Since I had so much luck with this Sativa based strip, I’ll take a shot a try one of their Indica based edibles soon.  –IE420Patient

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Submitted By: IE420Patient (Member and Editor)

Name: F-13

From: Apothecary 420 (Dispensary – Los Angeles)

Grade: A+

Type: Sativa

Price: $75/8th – CASH

Looks: Nice, tight buds covered in white/orange trichs.

Smell: A very sweet-like lemony, citrus smell with spicy overtones.

Taste: Taste is just like it smells.  A nice spicy kick on the palate. 

Buzz Type: Very energetic.  A great cerebral and body buzz.  The buzz starts at the head and I actually felt it creep down to my toes. 

Everything around me seemed so much more interesting.  I also like the fact I did not get the munchies or feel the need to eat (some qualities dieters may like although everyone is different).

Buzz Length: Medium-long.  A small nug in a bubbler (got to say thanks to A420 for hooking me up with a free bubbler) will take you on about anhour trip.  Probably double that for the typical sized bong bowl.

Overall: I got to say this is a some good sativa.   I hope this one is not here today and gone tomorrow as this would be a regular in my medicine cabinet.   My head was very clear and my body was comfortable.  I was able to engage and multitask very easily. 

I can see this being a top strain for Gamers as you can get immersed real fast.   Play Mirror’s Edge on a PS3 after ripping a bowl of this and you’ll understand what I mean.  –IE420Patient

That’s some pretty expensive medicine – it better be an A+!  –Mrs. Chubbs

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Submitted By: IE420Patient (Member)

Name: Sweet Skunk Hash

From: Apothecary 420 (Dispensary – Los Angeles)

Grade: B

Type: Sativa

Price: $25 Half-Gram

Looks: Very sticky … looks like a piece of melted butterscotch or caramel candy.

Smell: Very candy “like.”

Taste: Nothing like it smells or what you’d think by the name.  It DOES start of a bit sweet but, very QUICKLY leaves a very strong ash/charcoal aftertaste in the mouth.

Buzz Type: Definitely a hard head buzz – my nose and eyes felt very “heavy”; more so than the top of my head.  The feeling is almost as if I was congested. 

Provides a very dry mouth … a little numbness in the lips/teeth/gums (am I smoking hash or just rubbed cocaine on my gums!?!?!).

Buzz Length: Medium. Buzz starts to kick in about 5-10 minutes after a good solid hit.  I broke a very small piece (maybe half the size of an eraser on back of a #2 pencil) for my hash pipe. The head was heavy for a good 45 minutes – hour.

Overall: Like my review of GDP Hash, the call is still out for me on how I feel about concentrates.  It seems like I prefer to use hash as a topper vs. smoking it on its own.  As a topper, I like how hash provides that extra “oomph” when needed; especially when your flowers are not doing the full job for you. 

What I am not crazy about is the cocaine-like numbness I feel in my mouth with hash.  I wonder if anyone else out there gets that same numbness feel. 

There is one positive side of hash for me:  I like the fact I can put a small amount in a hash pipe, take a hit or two, put the cap back on my hash pipe and throw it my pen jar.  The stickiness of it makes the hash adhere to the screen after that first hit so nothing falls out (even with the top off).  

At times, I just need a quick hit due to certain people being around me or I have a just a second to run out of the house, take a hit, and come back in.  Hash makes this very easy to do for me…much easier than flowers.  –IE420Patient

This weekend Mrs. Chubbs and I are hitting a bunch of collectives in L.A. in an attempt to put together a killer hash session. Definitely going to be a fun Sunday.    –Chubbs

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Submitted By: IE420Patient (Member)

Name: Grand Daddy Purple Hash

From: Apothecary 420 (Dispensary – Los Angeles)

Grade: B+

Type: Indica

Price: $25 Half-Gram

Looks: Looks like that piece of gum you stepped on and scraped off your shoe.

Smell: A little bit fruity and spicy.

Taste: Just like it smells but leaves a heavy harsh charcoal like aftertaste.

Buzz Type: Kinda weird when I first tried this.  My mouth felt numb.  Aside from that, the buzz was immediate.  Get ready for some serious “Droopy” eyes after inhaling some of this!  This one can couch lock you.

Buzz Length: I’d say a few good tokes will keep you good for about an hour or so.  When I first used this, it was by itself and I really feel into a deep relaxation and I had the urge to put on some earphones and tune into some chill deep house beats.  

If using this as a topper on some good quality indica, be prepared to lose track of time and get couch locked.

Overall: This is my first try at concentrates (both using medically and reviewing).  Personally, I think I like flowers much, much, better.  This might be an “A” grade to those of you who are seriously into hash.  

Being a bit adventurous, I topped some of this on my Asteroid one late night as at nights I like getting medicated while the “family” is sleep while tuning the tube to the Poorman and Cannabis Planet TV.  Well, I saw a bit of the Poorman which comes on at 11PM and the next thing I knew the clock read 3:05AM!  Don’t remember a damn thing I saw.  Luckily, these shows always repeat themselves   –IE420Patient

Looks like there is quite a bit of plant matter there.  But it sounds like it did the job nonetheless.

We don’t generally have a lot of hash reviews.  How do YOU smoke it?  Solo, topper?  Talk to me.  –Mrs. Chubbs

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Submitted by: IE420Patient

Name: I Can’t Believe It’s Pot Butter Brownie

From: Apothecary 420 (Dispensary – Los Angeles)

Grade: B+

Type: Hybrid (?)

Price: $15

Looks: Like a squared off piece of very moist Duncan Hines cakes that my Aunt used to make.  The size was larger than most average brownies I have seen.  The brownie is vacuum sealed.

Taste: This was so moist!  With most edibles, you can detect that distinct cannabis taste and with this brownie that taste was very, very faint, probably undetectable to most.   The brownie itself was quite rich – sticks to your mouth.   The chocolate icing with white swirl would make any sweet tooth smile with joy.  An excellent tasting cannabis-based edible.

Buzz Stats: Consumed entire brownie at 12:50p during a sunny afternoon on an empty stomach.  Prior smoke was appx 12 hours earlier.   The brownie was my first intake of the day.   It was purchased 4 days earlier and stored in the refrigerator.  The brownie sat out at room temperature for about 3 hours prior to consuming.

Buzz Journey: Knowing the effects of edibles are not immediate, I consumed my brownie while returning home from conducting some morning errands.  I’ve bought edibles before and given my history, it made sense for me to consume the entire piece (most might want to only consume half at first).  I get home and started to do some things around the house and realized an hour has gone by and I really did not feel medicated.  So I pulled out my bong then said to myself … “clean it.”  As I am cleaning my bong, it finally hit me.

I am about an hour and 15 post-ingestion now.  I start to feel hella mellow.  The back of my eyes get heavy but I don’t get Chinese eyes.  Indo qualities overtake my body.  I am like … “damn, this one hella creeped up on me” … the creep was frustratingly slow but, hit hella hard.  At this time I am so glad I did not fire up my bong and get some smoke on.  When eating this, I did not want anything else to interfere so I can really judge the effects of this edible.

It’s about 3:45p and I am beyond baked.  I am watching the football games with KLOS in the background.  KLOS (So-Cal Classic Rock radio station) is jamming Led Zeppelin and then Rush.  I am like, “damn!”  Rush never sounded so good!  I got so into the music I tuned out the football games.  About 4:30p my body began to tingle from head to toe.  I felt alert but now with some serious red Chinese eyes.  That tingle was short lived as my head went heavy shy of 5pm and I started to get hella mellow again where my focus was back on the football games.

Around 6pm I felt pretty much back to normal with just a little heaviness behind the eyes.  So this one full brownie on an empty stomach with no other form of medication during the day was about a 5 hour run.  The journey was like a traditional bell curve.  The first hour the body was absorbing the medicine … hours 2-3-4 were the peak medication times … hour 5 was wind down.  The dominant effects were more Indo-like vs. Sativa.  At no time did I feel couch-locked but I felt best for that 30 minute or so run from 4:30p-5p when I had a body tingle.

Some Tips: Edibles are way different than flowers.   Since edibles are usually one dose (unless you buy lots), write your review “real time.”  In order for an edible to really take charge, the edible has to have more THC vs. what you body currently has.  This is why I consumed my brownie as my first “meal” of the day on an empty stomach after a good sleep.  Actually, it may be best if you don’t smoke for a full day (or two/three) before having an edible.  Have lots of time to chill.  As you can see, you can have a good 3+ hour run on top of the hour or so it takes to ramp the medicine up in your body and the additional hour when your “buzz” wears down.  Opportunity knocked at the last minute (on my own with no family ALL day), so I had to take advantage, although I did not plan to consume my edible today.

Store your edibles in the fridge!  Your collective should have them stored in a cooler/refrigerator too.  When ready to consume, take out of the fridge and bring to room temperature unless directed otherwise by the packaging.

Overall: The “I Can’t Believe It’s Pot Butter Brownie” is a solid edible.  It’s by the far the best edible offered by A420 for me and I have tried many with little success (or I had to consume so much that the cost factor is not worth it – such as three lollipops during one session instead of one).  This is definitely an edible I’d purchase again.  I don’t give it an A grade only because I do feel the effects took very long to creep, especially on an empty stomach.  Also, I wish the overall buzz strength was much stronger.  When I try this again, I think I’ll will when I go dry for few days.  Giving the body a THC ingestion break for a few days might the be ticket in giving this brownie a “A” grade.  Also for record, I am a pretty big and muscular guy so edibles are “harder” to work on me.  That being said, this brownie might fit most of you very well.  -IE420Patient

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This is the first review from longtime member IE420Patient.  I had the pleasure of meeting him at the THC Expo earlier this year.  I have to say, it makes me all warm and fuzzy when I meet members and know that this little site has grown by leaps and bounds with such great reviews and membership….oh wait, I think the fuzzy part came from my medicine….

Submitted by: IE420Patient

Name: Asteroid

From: Apothecary 420 (Dispensary – Los Angeles)

Grade: A+

Type: Indica

Price: $35/gram, $110/8th – YES, IT’S EXPENSIVE!

Looks: Very tight and dense buds.  So dense, you think you were shorted.  Light/medium green bud with “orange” hairs fully covered in trichs.

Smell: Very strong and stinky (but a good stink).  Two air tight containers can’t keep the smell away!  An earthy “green” smell…very minty with a hint of menthol.

Taste: Very smooth and on the floral side.  A little bit of piney after taste.

Buzz Type: “Out of this World” as Apothecary 420 claims.  Felt the buzz begin before the exhale.  Started off with the head feeling a bit heavy and a squint in the eyes and then about 10-15 minutes later my whole body was in check.  The strength of the high evenly progressed from first hit to 15 minutes in. 

Although classified as indica, for me this bud also had some sativa qualities – had a really good head and body tingle going on.  In short, this buzz is hella cool.  A great way to end the day.

Buzz Length: A good 1.5 to 2 hours.  These buds were so tight and potent that I barely broke off a piece for my bong (maybe the size of a small marble).  I was able to get THREE good solid bong rips off this small amount.

Overall: If you want to splurge or cost is not an issue this is some damn good indica.  What I do like with this is that you don’t have to smoke much.  With other strains, I would most likely smoke 2 to 3 times as much. 

This is up there as one of the best indica buzzes I’ve had.  One small bowl and I am good!  You feel good, ultra chill and mellow but I did not get couch locked.  It’s almost as if this bud takes you just shy to the point of being couch locked and keeps you there for a while – for me that means one damn good “high”.

Side Note: We all know Apothecary 420 is expensive but, damn…this is some seriously good medical marijuana.  Asteroid is the most expensive on the menu and is to be exclusive to Apothecary 420 per their blog.  The posted in-dispensary prices are credit card prices.  If you pay cash, they will usually lower the price $5-10 (I always pay cash).  Also, save your receipts and take advantage of their Rewards Program.  In part, why I bought this high cost strain was because I got $40 off bringing in my last 7 receipts.  -IE420Patient

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