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Men and women who smoke marijuana may experience different effects, study suggests
Yahoo • • 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.
- Men in the occasional-use group also reported more unpleasant effects such as increased anxiety and a significant rise in heart rate, despite having similar blood THC levels as women.
- Among frequent cannabis users, men and women showed similar responses to the drug, with both groups more likely to enjoy the effects and desire further use regardless of gender.
- The study challenges previous assumptions that women are more sensitive to cannabis effects and highlights the importance of considering both sex and frequency of use when assessing cannabis impact.
- Researchers noted limitations including the small sample size of 44 participants and lower THC concentrations used in the study compared to many commercial products, calling for larger studies to confirm findings and explore tolerance differences.
