How To Take a Proper Dose of Cannabis (Especially Edibles!)

Edibles: the great equalizer. The mighty gummy that can either elevate your soul… or glue you to your couch questioning all your life choices. At Red Roots Trading Company, we love a good adventure, but we also love not having customers turn into temporary cryptids wandering to their living room. So today we’re diving into how to find your proper cannabis dose, especially when eating your greens instead of smoking them.

Let’s get into it.

Q: What’s the right dosage for an edible?

A: It depends, you beautiful, complicated human, you.

Here’s the truth: everyone is different. Your ideal dose can depend on things like:

- Body weight

- Personal tolerance

- How much food is in your belly

- How recently you made eye contact with a fridge (ok maybe not, but still)

A handy rule of thumb that many people use?

👉 About 10mg of THC per 100 pounds of body weight.

That’s roughly in line with Health Canada’s 10mg “standard dose,” though we all know the real standard is “whatever makes Auntie giggle at the kitchen table.”

The smartest way to discover your ideal dose is to start low and go slow. Grab some of our micro-dose 5mg gummies, eat one or two, and track how you feel for the next couple hours. This gives you an honest look at your personal THC tolerance without accidentally astral-projecting into next week.

Have fun, be safe, and remember: the gummy is tiny, but the consequences might not be.

Q: I wake up with migraines after edibles. Am I dying? Should I update my will?

A: Relax, you’re just dehydrated, friend.

You know that cottonmouth you get after a joint? Now imagine that… but multiplied by however many milligrams of THC you ate.
 

That’s edible dehydration, and yes, it can absolutely leave you with a next-day cannabis “hangover.”

The fix?
 

💧 Drink. More. Water. Way more than you think you need to.

Hydrate before, during, and after your edible adventure. If the headaches still show up like an unwanted guest, it may be time to take a break from edibles altogether. It’s not you, it’s the gummies.

Q: I smoke daily but don’t get high anymore. What gives?

A: Congratulations, you’ve unlocked Veteran Mode.

If your tolerance has climbed Everest, you’ve got two choices:

1. Level Up to Hash or Concentrates

They’ll get you very high, until you build tolerance to those too. Also: they can get pricey.

2. Take a Tolerance Break (The Hero’s Path)

Stop consuming for one to two weeks. You may feel a little weird for a few days. You may also experience:

- Wild, cinematic dreams.

- Extra money.

- The sudden ability to smell colours (probably).

But when you come back? That first bowl will hit like the first time again. Trust us, it works.

Q: Where are Indigenous edibles made? Like the chocolates, gummies, drinks, all that good stuff?

A: In commercial kitchens, not your cousin’s mystery basement lab.

Back in the old days, nearly every edible came from someone’s home kitchen. (Shoutout to the OGs who made brownies strong enough to send people to the astral realm.)

But today?
 

Most Indigenous-made edibles, including everything we carry at Red Roots, are produced in commercial food-grade kitchens.

And every single product we sell is third-party lab tested for:

- Purity

- Potency

- Safety

No surprises… except maybe finding out you underestimated a chocolate square. (It happens.)

And yes, a writer for the New York Times has eaten a 16-dose chocolate in one sitting before by accident. No, she didn’t die. Nobody dies from too much cannabis. They just wish they could, for a couple hours.

A Note for Anyone Making Edibles

If you’re producing cannabis foods, you’re not baking treats for your buddies. You’re feeding yourself and potentially your friends who may rely on these products for pain relief, sleep, or chronic illness management. Some may have weakened immune systems.

So be clean. Be consistent. Be responsible. You and your friends deserve that care.

Let’s Talk About Safety (and Not Accidentally Time Traveling)

When you eat THC, your liver metabolizes it into 11-hydroxy-THC, a compound that hits harder and lasts longer than smoked cannabis. That’s why edibles feel different… and why people sometimes overdo it.

So always remember for newbies:
 

👉 Start with 5–10mg.
 

👉 Wait a few hours.
 

👉 Don’t assume “I don’t feel it yet” means “I should eat another one.”

Your Red Roots budtenders are trained to guide newbies and help match customers with appropriate products. Ask questions, read descriptions, and don’t be shy, we truly want you to have a good experience, not a cosmic meltdown.

Final Thoughts: A Little Caution + A Little Curiosity = A Great Time

Edibles can be amazing once you dial in your dose. It might take a little experimentation, some water, and a small amount of humility. But once you figure it out? You’re golden.

Enjoy your adventures, treat your gummies with respect, and as always, Red Roots Trading Co. has your back.

If you ever need help choosing the right edible, dosage, or product type, give us a call or shoot us a text. We’re open, we’re friendly, and we’ve seen everything.