Investigating the Relationship Between Cannabis Expectancies and Anxiety, Depression, and Pain Responses After Acute Flower and Edible Cannabis Use.
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research February 1, 2025 Margy Y. Chen, Emily B Kramer, Laurel P Gibson et al.
People who expect cannabis to improve their health tend to report greater acute reductions in tension after smoking cannabis flower, and greater increases in elation and reductions in pain after eating cannabis edibles. Among edible users, expecting cannabis to help with depression was linked to more elation, and expecting it to help with pain was linked to less pain. These expectancy effects occurred regardless of the product's THC and CBD levels, showing that users' beliefs shape some of the subjective effects of legal cannabis.