I've been lurking around on the temple for over a year now but i don't recall people asking this question and getting an EXACT answer,

Can I eat weed buds without cooking them in any form? Is that going to bring out the same level of high as say...cannabutter/brownies etc

AND

Is heating cannabis with butter and making weed butter going to increase potency? I mean does the heat and grease from the cooking excrete all of the THC out into the butter thus getting you higher with a smaller amount?

Im asking this because i am still not sure if smoking weed brings out all the thc from the bud and if it gets wasted that way , so if anyone can elaborate on that, it would be excellent

Can you eat fresh, raw buds?
Sure.
Will they get you high?
Not really.
"Marijuana produces THCA, an acid with the carboxylic group (COOH) attached. In its acid form, THC is not very active. It is only when the carboxyl group is removed that THC becomes psychoactive. The THC and other cannabinoids have a boiling point of between 180-200� C (355-392� F). Before they turn gaseous, at around 106� C (220� F), the carboxyl group is released from the molecule as carbon dioxide and water vapor."
From an article in Cannabis Culture Magazine: http://tinyurl.com/6frrf4

As for your second question, according to this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16237477
The bioavailability of smoked cannabis is +/- 30%. Oral is somewhere around 4% to 12%.
Try a digital Vaporizer where you could set the temperature and "vape" without burning off too much of the THC as you would with smoking.

Peace.

Put butter in cup

Melt butter (say 40 secs)

put buds in

nuke the thing in the microwave for 20 second intervals (a total of 5-6)

leave overnight

filter plant material

mix with bread.

Oh, and trust me, eating the plant matter raw does work, it takes a little more time and it is around 1/6th of its smoking potency.

in my experience you get higher with less weed, from cannabutter. I believe its becuz its converted into thc-delta9 or sometin like that.

If you are looking to save weed, you're barking up the wrong tree. Just smoke it efficiently (bongs, pipes, vapes).