Dose - JWH-018 - Information on 'eyeballing' a dose. [pictures]

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Please note this thread is for information use only.

This post doesn't in anyway suggest users should guess doses of JWH-018 by sight. Whenever possible, please use a 0.001g scale and weigh a correct mg dose for your own safety. A small misjudgement when eyeballing JWH-018 could easily end in an overdose as SWIM will later describe.

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Although my account's rep has taken a knock for this thread, I still find this information to be important to those who are taking it on themselves and guessing doses of JWH-018 by sight against anyone else's advise (SWIM's included). A few reports on erowid say they eyeballed their dose, and I have also read a few times on this forum that a users first or first few hits were eyeballed as their scale hadn't been bought yet etc. This information was not posted to encourage or advise anyone against using a scale and weighing a correct dose but to show SWIMs personal choice and how he does it instead. SWIM and I would always prefer a user to use a 0.001g scale, but if they were going to dose by sight then we would prefer them have as much information as possible instead of turning the cold shoulder and just saying that they shouldn't do it.






Anyway, here is the information SWIM had told me:


After smoking pure JWH-018 for a couple of weeks, SWIM was yet to weigh a correct dose and instead always eyeballed his powder before taking. He knew that this was potentially quite dangerous and would never advise others do it when dosing their JWH-018, but at the same time; he knows that others are dosing in this manner and so he feels it's important to share some information, how he does it and how much he takes when eyeballing.



He wants to share this information because when he first tried smoking pure JWH-018 he didn't really have a clue on how much to take (other than as smaller amount as possible just to be on the safe side). He new the chemical was active in only one or two milligram measurements, but having never worked with measurements of that size he didn't know what it would look like. He had found a few posts on this forum, erowid and a few other websites about how much to take, but these reports were often inconsistent and varied from "a few grains of salt" to "a little pinch"; both of which could be perceived very differently by readers.



SWIM used a small '3mm head' screwdriver to measure his dose, but a sharp knife could also be used.

For his first hit SWIM took a tiny, tiny amount as shown in pic1 below.

SWIM put the powder on top of a little honeyblend and smoked carefully to avoid burning the JWH-018 and vapourise it instead. Within 5 minutes SWIM felt a little buzz, but nothing for long.


pic1:



After about 20 minutes SWIM felt nothing at all, so decided to take another hit. He measured the same amount again (or as close as he could by eye) only this time SWIM spread the mix straight onto the pipe's gauze and then topped it with the honeyblend. SWIM thought this might help vapourise the powder instead of burn it and since then this is always the way SWIM smokes 018, it works perfectly without the need for tinfoil or messing with a vaporiser that's red hot after each use .

Over the next 2-3 days SWIM felt a little braver with the powder and was then smoking hits that were around 10 times the size of the first two in order to get a considerable high (but SWIM still doesn't know how much he was smoking as he's never weighed a dose). SWIM continued to smoke doses of the same size today (weeks on) as his tolerance hadn't risen since the first few days of use. Pictures of Swim's average hit are shown below in pic2 and pic3. (SWIM would like to hear if anyone else has had a quick tolerance build over the first few days of use but then it seemed to level off?).

One thing SWIM would like to note is that before taking the JWH-018 from his glass vial to his pipe with a screwdriver he would always shakes the powder gently. He would do this until the 018 is 'light' and doesn't stick to itself as much as it does after being left still for a few hours. SWIM would also never scrap the edges of the vial to eyeball a dose as these two actions help eliminate scooping up compressed powder as it's hard to judge how much SWIY is taking when its compact.


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pic3:





The only time SWIM has had a negative result after eyeballing a dose was when he was in a bit of a rush and wasn't thinking. He would normally smoke 2-3 bowls using the amount of 018 as shown in pic2 & pic3 at night, but he would smoke it over a few hours. This night, SWIM had gotten in late but still wanted to get nicely stoned before bed, so he purposefully took a larger dose than he had before (pic4 & pic5).

The hit was around 2-3 times the size of a normal one. He smoked it and almost instantly felt very intensely high. It felt like a pressure inside SWIM's head and down his spine. It was strange, because it was a very strong high which felt enjoyable at times, but at the most of the time SWIM feared it because of this mad intensity.

SWIM had tripped out before years ago after smoking around a gram of pure kief in a single hit, and knew that panicking and fighting the high was useless, so he just calmly got into bed and slept it off. He can't remember dreaming anything that night, it was just 'instant sleep-wake' sleep if you know what I mean. In the morning SWIM felt a little all over the place, he found it hard to work and concentrate on anything much.


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Last note.
Again; this post isn't to suggest in anyway that it's safe to judge a dose of JWH-018 by sight, but instead to get important information about the method used by someone I know.

Reputation Comments on this post:

	Incredibly foolish behaviour. What exactly is the point of posting this thread if not as a guide for others to indulge i...
	Good harm reduction info. A shame that few people have .001g scales.
	Harm reduction, even those with a scale can make sure if it's right