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Men and women who smoke marijuana may experience different effects, study suggests
New York Post • • health
Key Points:
- A UCLA Health study found that men who use cannabis occasionally may experience stronger effects, including feeling more high, sedated, and impaired, compared to women with similar use habits.
- The study involved 44 adults, equally split by gender, and tested responses to cannabis with varying THC levels, controlling for factors like menstrual cycle timing in women.
- Men in the occasional-use group also reported more unpleasant effects such as anxiety and showed significant increases in heart rate, despite similar blood THC levels to women.
- Frequent cannabis users, regardless of gender, generally responded similarly and were more likely to enjoy and seek repeated use of cannabis than occasional users.
- Researchers noted the study's small sample size and lower THC concentrations compared to many commercial products, emphasizing the need for larger studies to explore sex differences in cannabis tolerance and risk of use disorder.
