Opinions - How should SWIM consume these? Please help.

[Sirius33]

Hi all.

SWIM’s fairly new to ethnobotanicals (he’s only ever experimented with Salvia and LSA in the past) and is looking for a little direction concerning a few different substances. Currently, SWIM’s in the process of trying to cut out a weed habit due to ever increasing anxiety and paranoia issues, and has been looking for a substitute to replace the weed.

So, he started off by buying 2 grams of squidgy Thai Kratom resin 20x and a gram of Blue Lotus 20x. He admitted that he didn’t have a clue what he was doing with them and ended up smoking it all in joints, mixed with some tobacco and weed (he’s still using a little bit of weed to mentally wean himself off the stuff). SWIM said, disappointedly, that the effect was minimal, bordering on unnoticeable (apart from the mild high from the weed).

After more research, he found out that smoking the Kratom wasn’t actually the best method, and in fact, he should have been making some sort of tea out of the Kratom (although he’s still unsure if he should have been smoking the Blue Lotus or not?) He now feels foolish for wasting his starting batch, but regardless of that, he went and ordered a second batch, planning on doing it right this time.

He now has 7g of Mexican Haze, 5g of Kanna and 10g of Maeng Da. So far, he’s gleaned that he should be sniffing the Kanna, drinking the Maeng Da and smoking the Mexican Haze. Generally speaking, is that a fair assumption to make? Keep in mind that he’s still craving the familiarity of smoking a joint, so wherever possible he’d rather smoke these herbs rather than drink or sniff them. So, in a perfect world someone would reply, informing him how to make these substances more potent in joint form, although he realizes that the chances of that being possible is very slim. Also, he wonders if he really has to go through the trouble of of making a Kratom tea? Can't he just bung it in some water and down it instead? Also, how much should he take on his first go (keep in mind he has no scales, so teaspoon comparisons would work perfectly)?

So please, can some of you shed a bit more light on all of this for SWIM? So many sources have been conflicting for him.

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