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Cannabis consumption refers to the variety of ways

11-hydroxy-THC
form.

Inhalation

Sebsi, a Moroccan long-drawtube one-hitter

Smoking

Main article: Cannabis smoking

Cannabis can be smoked with implements such as joints, blunts, bongs, and pipes. Makeshift pipes or commercial pipes may be used, or cigarette-like joint or cigar-like blunt may be smoked. Local methods have differed by the preparation of the cannabis plant before use, the parts of the cannabis plant that are used, and the treatment of the smoke before inhalation. In early times, as in some parts of Africa today, a pile of cannabis was simply laid on a fire and the smoke inhaled.[3] Archaeological evidence confirms psychoactive cannabis was smoked at least 2,500 years ago in the Pamir Mountains.[4]

Vaporization

Main article: Vaporizer (inhalation device)
Volcano
forced-air vaporizer. The balloon, at top, fills with vapors and particulates, and can then be detached and inhaled from.
A vaporization pipe
with flame filter.
28. Insert cannabis, other herbs or essential oils here
36. Flame filter prevents flame from igniting herb which instead is heated to vaporization temperature.

A vaporizer heats herbal cannabis to 157–210 

NORML study using a Volcano vaporizer reported 95% THC and no toxins delivered in the vapor.[7] An older study using less sophisticated vaporizers found some toxins.[8]

A pocket-sized form of a vaporizer may feature a rechargeable battery, heating chamber, and protective cover. Typically, portable vaporizers can only be used for liquids, feature pre-soaked wicks, and require the user to operate a cartridge.

Ingestion

Main article: Cannabis edible
Hash cakes or popularly known as space cakes are sold in coffeeshops.

As an alternative to inhalation methods, cannabis may be ingested. However, herbal cannabis must be sufficiently heated or dehydrated to cause decarboxylation of its most abundant cannabinoid, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), into psychoactive tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).[9]

Food

Various types of cannabis foods on display in a shop window in Amsterdam

Although hashish is sometimes eaten raw or mixed with boiling water, THC and other cannabinoids are more efficiently absorbed into the bloodstream when combined with butter and other lipids or, less so, dissolved in ethanol. 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 a shorter length of time.[10]

All of the active constituents enter the body when cannabis is consumed orally. It has been shown that the primary active component of cannabis, Δ9-THC, is converted to the more psychoactive

11-hydroxy-THC by the liver.[11] Titration to the desired effect by ingestion is more difficult than through inhalation, due to the long onset time for the effects.[12]

Drink

See also: Cannabis tea
A bhang lassi (cannabis-infused drink) shop in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Cannabis material can be

Green Dragon
”.

Cannabis can also be consumed as a

lipophilic and only slightly water soluble (with a solubility of 2.8 mg per liter),[13] enough THC can be dissolved to make a mildly psychoactive tea. However, water-based infusions (liquid edibles) are generally considered to be an inefficient use of the herb.[14]

Traditional cannabis-infused drinks include the Indian drinks Bhang lassi and Bhang thandai when prepared with bhang. However, bhang, a decoction of cannabis and spices in milk, averts the issue, as milk contains the fat in which the THC is soluble and first dissolved by cooking in ghee.

See also

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from Marijuana (Weed, Cannabis) Drug Facts, Effects. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
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  5. ^ "Cannabis and Cannabis Extracts: Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts?" (PDF). haworthpress.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
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