Observational studyDrug and alcohol dependence2020
Subjective effects of combustible, vaporized, and edible cannabis: Results from a survey of adolescent cannabis users.
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- Therapeutically Motivated Cannabis Use for Anxiety: Daily and Longitudinal Reductions Vary Between Flower and Edible Products.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Trial
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- Intentions matter: How planned and unplanned alcohol and cannabis use influences outcomes.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Joint Relations Among Cannabis, Sleep, and Affective Symptomatology: A Scoping Review.Current addiction reports · 2026Review
- Associations of alternative cannabis product use and poly-use with subsequent illicit drug use initiation during adolescence.Psychopharmacology · 2025Article
- Modes of cannabis use, frequency of use, and cannabis use problems: A latent profile analysis of modes of cannabis use.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic differences in modes of cannabis use among pregnant individuals in Northern California.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Network topology and cannabis use following two weeks of monitored abstinence: moderation of sex and patterns of use findings.Frontiers in adolescent medicine · 2025Article
- Do Subjective Effects from Alcohol and Cannabis Predict Simultaneous Use During a Decision-Making Task?Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
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- Copycat and lookalike edible cannabis product packaging in the United States.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Associations of mode of administration on cannabis consumption and subjective intoxication in daily life.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Article
- A naturalistic study of orally administered vs. inhaled legal market cannabis: cannabinoids exposure, intoxication, and impairment.Psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Assessing subjective cannabis effects in daily life with contemporary young adult language.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Cannabis Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults: a Scoping Review.Current addiction reports · 2022Article
- Receptor mechanisms underlying the CNS effects of cannabinoids: CBAdvances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) · 2022Article
- Demographic and substance use-related differences among high school adolescents who vape cannabis versus use other cannabis modalities.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Dissecting the role of CBEuropean neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2021Article
- A Mini-Review of Relationships Between Cannabis Use and Neural Foundations of Reward Processing, Inhibitory Control and Working Memory.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundData from controlled laboratory experiments in adults indicate that the subjective effects of cannabis vary by administration method (e.g., combustible, vaporized). Whether the subjective effects of cannabis experienced in the natural ecology and among adolescents differ by cannabis administration method is unknown. In this observational study, adolescents' retrospective reports of subjective effects after combustible, edible, and vaporized cannabis use were examined.
methodsStudents from ten public schools in Los Angeles, CA, USA (M[SD] age = 16.1 [.43] years) who reported past 6-month use of combustible, edible, or vaporized cannabis (N = 584) were surveyed on subjective effects experienced after use (yes/no). They were provided with a 12 item self-report checklist of six positive (e.g., relaxed, energetic) and six negative (e.g., drowsy, lazy) subjective effects. For each method of administration, affirmative responses were summed in positive (range: 0-6) and negative (range: 0-6) effect composite scores.
resultsGeneralized estimating equations adjusted for demographics and recent cannabis use revealed a graded pattern of differences in positive subjective effects across products, with highest scores for combustible (M[SD] = 3.98[1.76]), followed by edible (M[SD] = 3.58 [2.04]) and vaporized (M[SD] = 3.11 [2.21]) cannabis (all pairwise cross-product contrasts p < .01). Mean negative effect score was highest for edible (M[SD] = 2.27 [1.95]), followed by combustible (M[SD] = 1.94 [1.66]), and vaporized (M[SD] = 1.34 [1.73]) cannabis, respectively (all pairwise contrasts p < .02).
conclusionAdolescents' reports of subjective effects varied across cannabis administration methods. Combustible cannabis' more desirable subjective effects profile might be indicative of higher abuse liability.
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