I understand that people smoke by themselves, but half a joint in one sitting is my question. I just read the article, and it appears the active ingredient (THC) was administered intravenously and not by smoking in the double blind study. So, the researchers were administering an amount comparable to 1/2 to a whole joint. Some how, it just doesn’t seem the same to be mainlined THC through a needle in your vein as opposed to the more traditional methods of smoking a joint over the course of an evening or day.
I know a guy that, as far as I can tell, gets off only on the increased rush of taking a hit. He’ll sit and suck down 3 or 4 bonghits for breakfast, even out, do the morning routine...work, dealing with the public, etc. with a headful that incapacitates anyone else. Then it’s bonghits for lunch. He looks like a redneck cracker...I don’t think many people know how ripped he is. Been doing it for decades.
A “joint” is a meaningless quantity. How big? How strong? Indica or sativa? Huge variability.
Either way, it does not duplicate the full mixture of compounds found in the smoke, it only isolates one active ingredient.
That seems flawed to me.
A friend on chemo pointed out that the pills they gave him (THC) did not have the same effect on his appetite as the weed, and that in his opinion the weed was not only more effective, it was cheaper, too.