Rasta Mon NOT Gimmick Man –
Dec. 3, 2025 – Studies have indicated that the side effects and health risks from cannabis are different depending on whether you smoke or vape it. … vaping might sound like the safer option, but a study into the side effects of the drug found some concerning discoveries. Between vapers and smokers taking the same dose of cannabis, vapers were more likely to experience short-term anxiety, paranoia, memory loss and distraction.
Dr Ryan Vandrey, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, warned that people should be careful about vaping cannabis as it can have a stronger effect.
He said: “What our study suggests is that some people who use cannabis infrequently need to be careful about how much cannabis they use with a vaporizer, and they should not drive, even within several hours after use.
“It could be dangerous for themselves and others, and on top of that, they may experience negative effects such as anxiety, nausea, vomiting and even hallucinations.”
Each of the 17 study participants went in for six individual sessions where they vaped or smoked up to 25mg of THC, which the researchers said was a ‘low dose’ below the levels pre-rolled joints would offer in cannabis dispensaries.
Those who vaped the dose put it at 77.5 for overall strength, compared to smokers who said it was 66.4, while vapers had seven percent higher rates of anxiety and paranoia.
Vapers also had higher rates of dry mouth, and they also had more trouble completing basic tasks that the researchers gave them.
