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Canadian researchers have proposed a dosing index to help budding potheads avoid harsh highs.
The high-minded measurements offer guidelines similar to those for servings of alcohol — such as a 1.5-oz. shot of liquor = a 5-oz. glass of wine = a 12-oz. can of beer.
In this case, the researchers sought to give newbies guidance when preparing for their first bong hits, vape and joint tokes or edibles, according to a study published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs this month.
Canadian researchers have proposed a dosing index to help budding potheads avoid harsh highs. AP
New York Post
“My ultimate goal was really to come up with a standardized dosing guideline so primarily naive and inexperienced users can make more informed choices about their use,” Michelle St. Pierre, a researcher at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, told The Post.
“There’s going to be terp-infused joints rolled in hash, there’s supercharged products, [so] this isn’t going to neatly apply to every product, but this is a rough guide.”
According to their new index, wolfing down a weed edible packed with 5 milligrams of THC — the main psychoactive compound in cannabis — is effectively the same as taking a single blast from a bong, inhaling two puffs from a vape pen or a joint, or smoking a quarter of a “dab” of sticky, marijuana concentrate.
The results were based on survey responses from 1,368 adults with varying “high” tolerances, who shared what they considered low, medium or high doses. The researchers suggested basing the standard dose for each of the different ways to get lit on what newbie smokers consider to be a “low dose.”
The researchers suggested a standardized dose based on survey responses from low-tolerance weed users. Getty Images/iStockphoto
Drug policy experts agreed an index for standardized cannabis doses would be a public health boon, but suggested researchers actually test the proposed guidelines to see whether they help people from getting too zooted.
“Before we announce that the cannabis-guidelines strategy has been solved, we should field test it with mere mortals, actual regular folks,” said Carnegie Mellon University professor Jonathan Caulkins.
Some Big Apple potheads, however, are wondering what the survey subjects were smoking when they decided what counted for different doses.
“The bong rip is probably the most aggressive form of consumption — like, ‘I want to get high now!’” said Jeremy Rivera, co-owner of the dispensary Terp Bros in Astoria.
“If you take the right bong rip, man, that’s like f–king 10 drags of a joint.”
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