Key factors that could cause a weed hangover

 

THC is a powerful cannabinoid, but can it really cause a weed hangover? One of the side effects of cannabis prohibition has been a chronic underfunding of scientific medical studies on the medical effects of cannabis use. Even today researchers are only just scraping the surface understanding the various medical uses of THC. And that's just one of dozens of cannabinoids with suspected medical uses. But there have been a couple of, admittedly limited, interesting studies into the concept of a THC hangover.

This study from Chait, Fischman and Schuster (1985) examined the topic of weed hangovers with 13 male volunteers. To be statistically significant, studies should ideally monitor several thousand participants. Not just that, they should be a mix of male and females from different age groups and ethnicities. In the study, the subjects were given either a joint (made with weed containing just 2.9% THC) or a placebo. They were then given some memory tasks and similar brain teasing tests with a follow up test the following morning.

The research suggested residual weed hangover effects in the group that had smoked the 2.9% THC joint the night before. The summary from the research group was that “the findings suggest that marijuana smoking can produce residual (hangover) effects the day after smoking. The precise nature and extent of these effects, as well as their practical implications, remain to be determined.”

This study, however, has serious limitations. With just 13 male participants it is difficult to draw any definitive answers to the question ‘can you get a hangover from weed?’. It’s quite possible that this conclusion was caused by just a couple of individuals that had different scores in a memory test.

You can gain more knowledge about weed hangover by talking with the budtenders present in Dillon Dispensaries. These dispensaries offer marijuana for recreational purpose.