Agreed, it's surprising to me that I've met many people who claim that edibles are terrible/terrifying. They often don't know how much they took and if they do it's usually way too much for the first time.

I suspect it's a combination of bad design (a single gummy being >=10mg) and the fact that most people just don't read and comprehend the labels.

the labels exacerbate the bad design, switching between grams and ounces throughout, with THC content being in mg, and the product itself needing to be broken up to the actual serving size of half a gummy

Many people's experience with edibles - especially if it was before legalization - is from homemade stuff, where both the amounts and their distribution throughout the food can be very imprecise.

That’s a good point. Though most of the people I’ve talked to about edibles are young people in California. So I suspect their experiences have been with legal edibles bought at dispensaries.

I’m used to edibles and 2.5g is my max these days. Anything more, my sleep gets compromised and I’m useless the next day.

The Kiva mints are a good go-to if you’re in CA and looking for lower dose edibles.