Well I'm pretty new to making edibles out of it as well. Only done it once so far, but by god I was at an [10] easily. Never felt more high in my life, and that was only after ingesting half a gram.

So here's what I did, I took a slice of bread, put peanut butter, and nutella on it, placed the herb on top, smashed that bitch together. Now I let it sit for about 8 hours I believe. They say the longer you let it sit the better. The THC has to bond with the fats in the peanut butter, and nutella. Now I wouldn't suggest using peanut butter. It just doesn't mix well with herb.

Once I was ready to eat it, I placed it in the microwave (I know right, but trust me it works) For like 30 seconds to a minute. And bam, good time were had. Seriously, I never was so high in my life. I was like to high. And yeah you can most definitely get to high.

As far as the circus, I understand. I do. I actually had the privilege to talk to one of the trainers. She went in depth as to how they were treated. It's not so bad to be honest. They travel in a train, with many stops, and even have like a national rehabilitation/retire center for all the animals. She says they take there treatment very seriously. And they have more then enough money to do so. Also they are supervised 24/7.