Dark Chocolate 200mg THC Bar (Boost Edibles)

This dark chocolate bar carries a 200 mg THC label and is made by Boost Edibles, which describes itself as a Canadian cannabis edibles brand.

Chocolate bars next to gummies, shatter and vapes

Boost’s about page names chocolate bars as part of its line, together with THC gummies, CBD gummies, shatter and disposable vapes. Most of what its shop carries is gummies, in THC, CBD and 1 to 1 versions.

A 200 mg bar and Health Canada’s 2.5 mg mark

The whole bar is labelled at eighty times the 2.5 mg of THC or less that Health Canada recommends looking for in an edible. Chocolate is digested like any other edible: its THC goes through the liver first, so the bar starts working later than a joint would and keeps going longer. On Health Canada’s figures, an edible needs half an hour to 2 hours before its first effects show, and the peak can take up to 4 hours.

Our guide to edible strength explains how to read a bar’s milligrams, and by Health Canada’s lower-risk use guidelines, a full 6 hours or more should separate cannabis use from driving.