I was probably one of the few who was never a pot (sorry T.M.P.) smoker in college in the 70"s. I smoked a few times but it was always after I was already hammered with my alcohol of choice...either beer, tequila or vodka at that time.
I never felt like I was high when I did smoke and didn't feel any different than just being drunk. I remember back then they also said you had to smoke the wicked weed a few times before you would feel the high. I'm not sure if that is still the case or not.
After college I never did take up smoking weed mainly because I didn't like the idea of smoking period...especially cigarettes.
About 10 years ago I was having some issues with anxiety and insomnia. I tried different scripts through my primary care doc with no luck. This was back before cannabis was legal for recreational use in Caifornia.
However, you could get a card to buy for medical use. So I went to a "clinic" saw some yahoo and got my card. I then went downstairs to the pharmacy and told the hot looking chica behind the counter what I needed it for. Still not liking the idea of smoking I decided to go with some edibles.
I went home with my chocolate chip cookies excited as hell.
At bedtime I anxiously got my cookie out. I decided to go conservative and decided to only eat a 1/4 of the cookie since I had no experience with edibles before.
About 45 minutes went by before I felt anything. Then I felt like someone put their fist on my low back and the pressure went slowly up my spine to my head. Then all hell broke loose!
I had uncontrollable muscle spasms in my arms, legs and body... my wife said it looked like I was having an epileptic seizure. I couldn't walk without supporting myself on a chair or bed. Instead of the desired effect of gently putting me to sleep I felt totally jacked up. I really thought I was dying and pleaded with my wife to take me to the e/r. She calmly told me to relax, I was just high and it would wear off.
Well, it did wear off...the next morning about 6 hours later..worst night of my life! I shudder to think what would have happened had I eaten the entire cookie!
Needless to say I tossed the rest of the cookies. I always wondered what the hell happened. Did I get a bad batch...did the THC react with the other drugs I had been taking for insomnia...needless to say I have not tried any edibles or smokeables since.