MARINOL PILLS

[xannyman]

My friend just gave me a couple of marinol THC pills to try. Any one else have experience. It definately wasn't strong like a bong hit but did give me a nice mellow body high.

[Dune]

It takes several to feel like you would expect to, like at least 5. I don't think they are quite the same because of all of the other cannabanoids (sp?) that are in pot. They are good for cooking if you have enough. They are not that great, but I wouldn't turn them down if offered by a friend.

[Dan K]

I agree completely w Dune.

I was not impressed by them at all, and will take a fat joint over a handful of pills any day of the week.

You can, however, poke a hole in them, squeeze the goodness on to a fag, let it dry, and smoke it.

Still doenst really get you high, but if you feel like puffin' on a greasy fag that doesnt get you all that high, ... then bob's yer uncle.

Dan K.

[resorcinol]

I never liked the way oral MJ sounded when the product was made from actual MJ. Bioavailability sounds like it varies quite a bit and I can't handle unpredictability with pot (a little too much = panic attack). Smoking gives me the ability to titrate the dosage.

THC pills are probably much like oral weed, minus whatever effects the other cannabinoids might have.

Screw it all. Give me WIN 55 212,2. I REALLY want to try that drug. It's a CB1 FULL agonist unlike THC which is only a partial agonist of CB1. It also based on reports seems to be less anxiety provoking than many strains of MJ. I want some, badly.

[OxiContinKing]

Ive had bottles upon bottles of this shit, and honestly they only real good use I found for it was a paper wieght.

They were prescribed to a family member, either for nausea, or for appetite, I cant remember which, reguardless, they never got taken, and were stockpiled.

One boring day (I believe this was before I actually had an opiate HABIT, I was in my chippin days, and I was looking for something to 'get high', and the only thing that I knew of around ATM were these marinol pills. I think 30 come in a bottle. I would not recommend this, but I took the whole bottle, in multiples of 5, over the course of about 3 hours, until finally, after coming in from a smoke break at work, fellow co-workers had commented on the 'redness' of my eyes, and by the time I had made it back into the office, I could tell that I was 'high'. Felt like I had smoked a fat joint instead of a cig. I can say though, the high was a bit cleaner, I was high as hell, but not all groggy headed and stupid and shit. But thats half the reason I like smoking pot, lol.

Lasted for what felt like the rest of the night, although, it seemed like it took forever for the effects to be fully felt (well over 4 hours).

And I just popped those mofos in my mouth (5 at a time, like I siad) and chewed away, letting the liquid squirt and ooze out of the pills, and into my mouth, and swallowing, luiqid, pill, and all. I didnt try smoking them.

That is my only expierience with ONLY marinol. I have taken many, many, many times with opiates/alcohol/xanax/(insert drug here), without much of a noticable side effect. I am one hell of a pot head though, so I would imagine while these had little effect on me, someone who has never, or doesnt often, smoke pot, could possibly find some recreational value out of these.

Why not just roll up a joint though?

[youwonhundred]

^^ That about sums them up. Only worth a shit if you don't smoke regularly.

[Paregoric Kid]

I imagine if you swallowed them with a little bit of alcohol it would help kick in faster and/or increase bioavailability. also I've heard that if you squeeze the oil onto bud or leaf its way better. still never got to try marinol. I know a lot of people put it down but I still think it is probably decent, at least for nausea and an appetite stimulation. people probably expect too much of it, obviously it is not going to be the same as smoked cannabis.
nabilone (brand name cesamet) is a completely synthetic cannabinoid and is likely way better than marinol, it is more potent by weight than THC and is schedule II, unlike marinol which is schedule III.

[Mulch]

Ahhh the "UM" pills, lol, you all pretty much hit the nail on the head. Swim really hasn't gotten much out of them either besides a mellow body high, followed by drowsiness after. Swim would take them for free, but would NEVER pay for them. Swim always found it pretty amusing that they same "UM" on them:D. That being said they are best left for comic relief or a rainly day w/o any real bud.

[dharma bum]

Most of the cannibinoids have been removed from Marinol right? All it did was make me extremely hungry.

[DreamSellerInc]

I was just about to buy a couple scripts. Now I'm rethinking the endeavor

[nodrover]

In the past, I have had the chance to use marinol a few times. Overall I would say it's nothing to write home about, but the first few hours were the best for me. I definitely would not compare it to smoking a joint, but it was very reminiscent of eating a few well made brownies (I ate 4 pills, not sure how many mg's). I did get the munchies, but not as bad as when I smoke. Seems like it has more of a use for people with serious illness that have no appetite than it does to us recreational users.

[Ludakris]

I've used these from time to time. My grandfather had cancer and was Rx'd them to stimulate appetite and to help with pain. Oddly enough these turned out to be a real miracle pill for him, they had tried him on different opiates, from vicodin to morphine and although they helped with the pain, he just did not tolerate the opiates very well. They made him very unaware and messed with his head/put him in a terrible mood. Well the oncologist put him on Marinol and it helped his appetite, helped with the pain, and kept him in a pretty decent mood.

Now on to recreational use, after he passed (god rest his soul) there was 2 1/2 bottles of them in the fridge, not wanting them to go to waste I took them for research and testing. By themselves they are nothing really to write home about, especially if you smoke with any regularity. If I'm not mistaken they only isolate like 3 of the hundreds of cannaboids found in marijuana. However, I did find that taking a few (4-6) and smoking on top of it made for a very pleasurable experience. Myself and two friends did some further experimentation to try and rule out placebo effect and found with consistant results, that swallowing 5 or 6 and smoking a little (or a lot) definately made a difference. It wasn't quite like just smoking more, for whatever reason, the pills + the pot made for a different high than just smoking more pot.

there's my 2 1/2 cents