That's interesting you mention that. Nowadays it seems to be mostly smoked or inhaled as oils. I think someone else mentioned that it's basically inert as a plant. All of it's cannabinoids have a carbon/oxygen "tag" which make it so the body completely ignores them. You can eat all the fresh plant you want, and all you are eating is another leafy green.That's the argument I get all the time...and the scripture that says all seed bearing plant is good for food.
So it's perfectly safe around children, if it's in that state. Drying it or heating it removes that tag, and activates the ingredients. I'm of the mind the right way to ingest would be to eat it, after "decarboxylating" it, which is the normal way to ingest things into the body.
Someone else said that smoking isn't natural, and I agree. Maybe tea? Do people still do that?
Much love!