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The 20th of April is right around the corner, and for those who celebrate 4/20 as a high holy day, bless your hearts. We can use an uptick in sales at our local dispensaries, so stock up, and get down responsibly.

Not to be Donald Downer, but as always, please mind your edibles intake. Iโ€™ve written before about how badly such things can go when your edibles intake isnโ€™t minded, but I havenโ€™t yet gotten into how โ€œbadโ€ can veer into โ€œso… much… worseโ€ territory with the simple addition of the source of, and answer to, all of lifeโ€™s problems: alcohol.

โ€œCrossfadingโ€โ€”getting high and drunk at the same timeโ€”can be a risky proposition. There are numerous physiological reactions that occur when alcohol and cannabis go together, especially in large quantities, one of which is alcoholโ€™s effect on your circulation, which in turn can increase your bodyโ€™s ability to take in THC. A few whiskeys and a joint can take down even experienced faders, but when you add in a strong dose of edibles, anyone can get leveled.

For example: A female friend of mine had gotten secretly and spontaneously married, and was in town to see me and one of her girlfriends, with whom she was staying. I presented her with a dozen of my cannabis cookies. They were very strong. I wrote on the box, โ€œThese are very strong!!โ€

Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.