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The Canadian Center on Substance Use and Addiction says eating or ingesting edible products that contain THC appears to be less harmful to the user's lungs than smoking.
One of the main differences between eating and smoking cannabis is that inhaled THC is not transformed to 11-hydroxy-THC right away in major amounts, which leads to experiencing a different range ...
The problem, particularly with edibles, is that different people have different tolerance issues, depending on how often they use the drug, their age and other biological factors.
Chocolates, brownies, space cakes, and majoun are popular methods of ingestion - which are usually called edibles. The time to onset of effects depends strongly on stomach content, but is usually 1 to 2 hours, and may continue for a considerable length of time, whereas the effects of smoking or vaporizing cannabis are almost immediate, lasting ...
Such effects may include analgesia, decreased inflammation, decreased spasticity, and anti-seizure effects. [26] Cannabis edibles with CBD can decrease symptoms of psychosis and anxiety. [25] Edible oils, tinctures, pills, and gummies have been prescribed to people with cancer to potentially improve poor appetite, pain, or weight loss. [27]
A 2012 special report by the British Lung Foundation concluded that cannabis smoking was linked to many adverse effects, including bronchitis and lung cancer. [83] They identified cannabis smoke as a carcinogen and also said awareness of the danger was low compared with the high awareness of the dangers of smoking tobacco particularly among ...
Edibles, like gummies, typically contain a lot of sugar, which could spike your blood sugar and increase acne. But this all depends on how your body handles sugars, of course.
The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.