Cannabis/Summary

Main article: Cannabis

Psychoactive class: Unknown

Chemical class: Cannabinoid

Oral

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  1	-	2.5	-	5	-	10	-	25	mg (THC)
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 4 - 10 hours
  • Onset: 20 - 60 minutes
  • Come up: 30 - 60 minutes
  • Peak: 1 - 2 hours
  • Offset: 4 - 6 hours
  • Afterglow: 6 - 12 hours

Smoked

• Thresh				Common				Heavy
  0.4	-	0.4	-	2	-	4	-	10	mg (THC)
  		Light				Strong

• • Total: 2.3 - 5 hours
  • Onset: 0.1 - 10 minutes
  • Come up: 5 - 10 minutes
  • Peak: 15 - 45 minutes
  • Offset: 3 - 4 hours
  • Afterglow: 45 - 180 minutes

Harm potential

• • Moderately habit-forming

Tolerance

• • Full tolerance is reached develops with prolonged and repeated use
  • Decreases to half after 1 - 2 weeks
  • Returns to baseline after 2 - 3 weeks
  • Cross-tolerance with all cannabinoids

Physical effects

• • Perception of bodily lightness
• • Appetite suppression
  • Nausea suppression
  • Pain relief
  • Sedation
  • Seizure suppression
• • Bodily pressures
  • Decreased blood pressure
  • Dehydration
  • Dizziness
  • Dry mouth
  • Increased heart rate
  • Increased perspiration
  • Muscle twitching
  • Nausea
  • Vasodilation

Visual effects

• • Color enhancement
• • Auditory distortion
  • Brightness alteration
  • Time distortion
  • Tracers
• • Peripheral information misinterpretation
  • Visual acuity suppression
• • Geometry
• • Internal hallucination

Cognitive effects

• • Cognitive euphoria
  • Conceptual thinking
  • Time distortion
• • Analysis enhancement
  • Creativity enhancement
  • Increased libido
  • Increased music appreciation
  • Increased sense of humor
  • Novelty enhancement
  • Thought connectivity
• • Anxiety suppression
  • Dream suppression
  • Focus suppression
  • Memory suppression
  • Sleepiness
  • Thought deceleration

Auditory effects

• • Auditory acuity enhancement
  • Auditory distortion

Multi-sensory

• • Psychosis
  • Synaesthesia

See also

• Responsible use
• Summary index
• Subjective effect index
• Psychoactive substance index