{"id":3355,"date":"2020-12-21T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:53:25","slug":"how-to-microdose-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/products-and-how-to-consume\/how-to-microdose-cannabis","title":{"rendered":"How to microdose cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This article was republished with permission from <\/em>The Cannigma<\/em><\/a>. Read the <\/em>original article<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The medical benefits of cannabis (and its active ingredients like THC and CBD) are hard to deny. So if cannabis is working well for your medical conditions, you might think that the more cannabis you take the better it will work at relieving your symptoms. But is this true? In the midst of a cannabis market with increasingly potent cannabis options, some are choosing a different route. Instead of increasing their cannabis intake, they are scaling it back with something called \u201cmicrodosing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\tWhat is microdosing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microdosing is the practice of taking a much smaller dose of a medication than is normally used. It's a practice used with all kinds of compounds, but most often discussed with psychoactive substances such as LSD. Recently people have started to apply the practice to cannabis and its popular ingredients, THC and CBD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One recent clinical trial found that microdosing just 1 mg of THC, and even 0.5 mg, was effective at relieving chronic pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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Microdosing cannabis may help access its helpful effects without engaging negative side effects like a psychoactive high.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t