Microdosing Weed: The Definitive Guide — How Much Marijuana You Need for a Functional, Minimal High

In an era when marijuana is gaining legal status from coast to coast, giant joints and big bong rips are out. Microdosing is in.

Although "microdosing" typically refers to the practice of ingesting small amounts of heavy psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, which can be debilitating in recreationally sized doses, there are a host of reasons pot users should try it out with their drug of choice. Can it change the way you get high? Just one way to find out.

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Microdosing Weed 101: Why microdosing?

The principle behind microdosing is simple: We enjoy many of the more abstract effects of psychedelics — the sense of well-being, harmony and happiness — but tend to take enough of them that we also experience more extreme effects, like hallucinations and giggle fits. Taking a fraction of that ordinary dose, however, keeps most effects "sub-perceptual," or below the threshold where you'd actively...

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