Cannabis Is a Psychedelic, and a Beneficial One at That - The Overlooked Cannabinoid Path Into Altered Consciousness
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) September 7, 2026 Christian Alexander Brown
This research essay/article argues that cannabis can reasonably be described as psychedelic in a phenomenological sense, even though it is not pharmacologically classified as a classic serotonergic psychedelic such as LSD or psilocybin. The central distinction is between pharmacology and phenomenology: THC acts primarily through the endocannabinoid system, especially CB1 receptor signaling, yet...