A naturalistic study of orally administered vs. inhaled legal market cannabis: cannabinoids exposure, intoxication, and impairment.

Rationale: Published studies examining the effects of cannabis have largely utilized forms of cannabis that are not representative of the legal market products currently available.

Objectives: The present study aimed to characterize naturalistic use of legal market flower and edible products by examining associations among blood cannabinoids and amount of THC consumed as well as physiological, cognitive, and subjective effects in users of edible and flower forms.

Method: Eighty-four participants who used cannabis at least 1 × /week (55 flower cannabis using participants; 29 edible cannabis using participants mean age = 31.