Cannabis/Summary

Main article: Cannabis

Psychoactive class: Hallucinogen

Chemical class: Cannabinoid

Harm potential

• • Mildly habit-forming
  • Extremely low toxicity

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

• • Changes in gravity
  • Muscle relaxation
  • Spontaneous tactile sensations
  • Vasodilation
• • Appetite enhancement
  • Perception of increased weight
• • Appetite suppression
  • Motor control loss
  • Nausea suppression
  • Pain relief
  • Sedation
  • Seizure suppression
• • Dehydration
  • Muscle spasms
  • Nausea

Visual effects

• • Colour enhancement
• • Brightness alteration
• • Acuity suppression
• • Geometry

Cognitive effects

• • Anxiety
  • Conceptual thinking
  • Depersonalization
  • Derealization
  • Feelings of impending doom
  • Laughter
  • Mindfulness
  • Paranoia
  • Time distortion
• • Creativity enhancement
  • Emotion enhancement
  • Immersion enhancement
  • Novelty enhancement
  • Personal meaning enhancement
  • Suggestibility enhancement
  • Thought connectivity
• • Anxiety suppression
  • Dream suppression
  • Information processing suppression
  • Memory suppression
  • Sleepiness
  • Thought deceleration

Auditory effects

• • Auditory distortion
  • Auditory enhancement

Multi-sensory

• • Psychosis
  • Synaesthesia

See also

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