Some useful tips for using cannabis for the first time
As with any discovery, consumption of cannabis for the first time could give you new, surprising sensations, which you have to know how to tame. This may seem surprising, but it is a reality; it is necessary to apply some basic safety rules when a person wishes to experiment with cannabis. In this article, we give you the best advice so that your first steps in the cannabis world are pleasant and not the opposite.
Any new experience creates an element of doubt, anxiety in the face of the unknown, all of this is completely natural, normal and above all human. This is why we believe it is important to give you some advice that will put you in the best conditions during your first use of cannabis, whether recreational or therapeutic.
It is important to ask yourself a certain number of relevant questions to ensure that you are in the best position to have a pleasant time. Otherwise, you run the risk of experiencing moments that will leave you with bad memories, often wrongly, because of certain poorly considered key factors.
1) Is this the ideal time in your life to discover cannabis?
It is essential to feel good about yourself in order to achieve this type of experience, especially for recreational use. In therapeutic use, this is different and more difficult, as you will naturally be concerned about your altered state of health.
So let’s return to a possible fun experimentation with cannabis. If you feel that you are in a difficult period of your life, or that you are preoccupied with problems of various nature, then it is better to postpone it until later. It’s the same thing if you feel a marked state of fatigue or if you are not eating in the best way at that precise moment. It is important to have a good general balance so that the sensations are positive. Cannabis plays the role of an emotional amplifier in any normally constituted person, no more, no less. If you have important things to do during the day, in public, institutional, professional environments or those with serious connotations, it is rather recommended to avoid any use of cannabis. Your state of cannabis intoxication, let’s call a spade a spade, having red eyes and a modified and slowed perception of reality, will not help you in any way in your various approaches, quite the contrary.
You will only reinforce the stigma as well as the harmful opinion of those most resistant to the cannabis plant. This would be like drinking alcohol before performing the same actions, you would give a negative perception to the people you meet, and rightly so. As they say in life, everything must be done at the most convenient time.
2) Am I in the best place for my first cannabis appointment?
A situation in which it is strongly recommended not to use cannabis is when you find yourself in an unfamiliar, anxiety-provoking environment, such as a not very pleasant place where you do not feel fully at ease, with strangers. If this is the case, it is better to postpone your experiment.
It is a situation that generally occurs in adolescents or young people, who do not take into account what seem to be details but which are not. The psychoactivity generated by THC is, let us remember, a new sensation among these neo-consumers, who could be unpleasantly surprised by the effects felt within a poorly adapted environment.
This is what we call “set and settings” in English, or the importance of the state of mind and the surrounding environment for this type of experience. This is an underlying aspect that the youngest and most inexperienced are most often not aware of.
3) The possibility of feeling no effects
The level of intensity of the effects produced by cannabis depends directly on your biochemical composition. We are not all equal in this regard; rigorous and in-depth scientific studies remain to be carried out in this direction.
This is why the effects experienced can vary greatly from one person to another, and it is even possible that a person does not feel any sensation when consuming cannabis for the first time. This is a phenomenon that may seem strange, but in reality it is not. Many more people than we think encounter this situation frequently. But be careful, in most cases the effects are felt during subsequent doses.
4) Avoid taking multiple drugs at once
We strongly recommend that youavoid mixing different drugs together in all circumstances, because it could be a real harmful cocktail for your body. During a first experience, this could give you such a bad experience, that you would definitely not want to repeat it afterwards, to the point of becoming (wrongly) disgusted with cannabis. However, this is what happens to many people, directly blaming cannabis, while it is rather their own lack of knowledge and misuse which are the main culprits for this bad reaction.
Furthermore, mixing alcohol and cannabis must be avoided at all costs. A very common bad experience is to drink a lot of alcohol and then use cannabis. The result will be fatal in the majority of cases, that is to say you will have nausea, vomiting and you will want to quickly go and lie down. And this doesn’t just happen to beginners, since regular cannabis users also suffer from it. If you have the same experience with “harder” drugs or medications it will be even worse. To be completely avoided.
5) Variable distortion of reality
The consumption of alcohol, like cannabis, leads to a modification of the perception of reality. This is a fact that should not be neglected, because all your usual sensations will seem strange to you and that is normal. Your 5 senses will manifest a very different feeling, whether at the visual, auditory, taste, olfactory or touch level. The perception of spatio-temporal landmarks is also modified, this is an aspect to take into consideration.
When taking cannabis for the first time, we might have the impression of rediscovering a place that we already know well, and the notion of time passing could seem much longer than usual. All of this must obviously be put into perspective, because it depends on the tolerance of each consumer, their general condition at that time, and the quality and quantity of the cannabis consumed.
Other temporary phenomena that also occur in a good number of subjects are the appearance of red eyes, but also short-term memory loss. The exaltation of our senses by cannabis is expressed by the discovery of new and very pleasant sensations when we listen to music, watch a good film, taste a delicious dish or make love with it. our partner, for example.
The cannabis plant offers the possibility of positively increasing all these sensations in human beings. However, to remain completely objective, it is also necessary to specify that if all the indicators of the period are not favorable, then the resulting experience can logically only be negative. It is for all these reasons that it is important to know how to listen to your body as well as your mind before carrying out this type of experience, regardless of the psychotropic.
6) The effects felt do not correspond to your expectations
You may observe a rather positive reaction among your friends when consuming cannabis, which in no way means that you will experience a similar effect. As we mentioned previously, each user has a biochemistry that reacts differently.
This should be taken into consideration, regardless of your current general condition. This may be your natural character. It is entirely possible that the effects of cannabis may not benefit you by producing some physical lethargy, but nothing more on the cerebral level.
Other people may experience anxiety, paranoia or even dementia in the most acute forms. In this case, it is best to immediately stop using cannabis or any other psychotropic medication. The origin of the problem may be due to a temporary state or may reveal a deeper malaise in the subject concerned.
In some cases, this is a situation that alerts you to the need to consult a health professional specializing in this matter. This could be a concrete underlying symptom of an obvious psychological/psychiatric disorder, not yet detected in this person. This is a context that must be faced by being particularly reactive, at the risk of observing this in a lasting manner among the user.
Another useful tip for anyone wanting to try cannabis for the first time is to practice microdosing so as not to be surprised by the intensity of the effects. Using this method, you can always gradually increase the amount of cannabis consumed.
7) Know how to appreciate by starting slowly
Regardless of the method of administration you have chosen to take your first steps in the cannabis world, the key is to do everything possible to make your experience as pleasant as possible.
If you want to ingest a cannabis pastry for example, start by eating a small piece and wait at least 45 minutes to 1 hour, in order to gradually let the effects appear and possibly consider taking it again. The most common mistake is to take a dose too close to the first, and then have too strong an effect through accumulation.
When making a “ spacecake » or cannabis cake, be also careful not to overdose on the latter, as the intensity of the effect could be high even with a small quantity absorbed. It is the concentration of active ingredients which would pose a problem in this specific case. Ingested cannabis always has a longer assimilation than smoked cannabis.
“Sugar greatly helps to regain one’s spirits and strength”
When you inhale cannabis, the effects occur more quickly; you just have to wait between 5 and 15 minutes on average. We give here exactly the same advice as for ingestion, go slowly when smoking and leave the necessary time between each dose for the effects to be felt. An excellent way to start gently can be to use a vaporizer.
At the same time, it is important to have a sweet drink as well as some biscuits of your choice on hand, in case you experience a drop in blood pressure or are not feeling well. Sugar greatly helps to regain your senses and your strength in these moments.
We advise you to avoid at all costs consuming cannabis on an empty stomach. It is a condition that can promote a drop in blood pressure, which is caused by hypoglycemia and/or orthostatic or postural hypotension. These phenomena can lead to a feeling of heavy fatigue, even leading to the person concerned fainting.
8) Learn to listen to yourself to know what is good for you
A concept that is not the best but which is human in itself is wanting to “do like your friends”. When we are young, we are often vulnerable, ignorant, open to discovering new experiences and our ego, still poorly constructed, pushes the vast majority of us to actions which are ultimately not those which will bring us happiness. , well-being or the sensations that correspond most to us. In most cases, we go with the flow…
It is therefore for these same reasons that it is fundamental for everyone to know how to observe and analyze the different cannabis experiences they have, in order to define for yourself which things bring you the greatest pleasure. This will allow you to know yourself better and know what is good for you. It is important, for example, to determine whether you are a big fan of Sativa or Indica, or both depending on the time chosen.
It is also possible that you have a greater preference for vaporization than for smoked cannabis or even for ingestion. Everyone is also free to enjoy cannabis at the time that suits them best. Depending on the profile, it is entirely possible that someone may enjoy consuming cannabis in the morning, because their character, their own abilities or even their schedule allow it (creative artist for example).
Whereas, conversely, another person may have a position of responsibility, requiring extreme concentration during the day and will appreciate the club effect ofa good Indica in the evening to relax. Each person is different and therefore has similar needs.
