{"id":2146,"date":"2020-08-24T23:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T23:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:22:55","slug":"edibles-vs-smoking-consumption-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/products-and-how-to-consume\/edibles-vs-smoking-consumption-methods","title":{"rendered":"Edibles vs. smoking: how consumption methods affect your experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are many different factors that come into play when determining what kind of experience you have with cannabis. Different strains, terpene profiles, CBD to THC ratios - all of these elements can have a huge impact on your experience, including how high you feel and for how long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one of the biggest elements that impacts your cannabis experience is consumption method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How you consume cannabis plays a large role in your ultimate experience. For example, smoking weed and eating a cannabis edible deliver two entirely different experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how, exactly, do smoking cannabis and eating an edible work within the brain and body and what's the effect of each consumption method?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tHow smoking works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Smoking is one of the most popular ways of enjoying cannabis, but how does it work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you inhale cannabis smoke into your lungs, the active compounds, such as THC, are almost immediately absorbed into the bloodstream, making their way to the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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When you inhale cannabis smoke into your lungs, the active compounds are almost immediately absorbed into the bloodstream.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t