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Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2007 Jul 10;194(4):505–515. doi: 10.1007/s00213-007-0861-5

Table 5.

Pharmacokinetic parameters for 11-nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in 36 adult males after smoking one cannabis cigarette (2.78% THC) on day 8 and on day 15

Parameter Day 8
Day 15
40 mga Placebob 40 mga 90 mga Placeboc
Cmax (μg/l)
    Mean 28.2 30.9 33.4 37.1 23.2
    Median 25.2 30.4 30.0 32.7 22.2
    Range 4.7−50.4 12.4−51.8 6.1−71.0 20.9−66.1 10.6−44.9
    95% CI 20.7−35.8 25.5−36.3 21.8−45.1 27.3−46.9 16.8−29.5
Tmax (min)
    Mean 22.0 21.2 24.3 19.7 20.3
    Median 22.8 19.0 22.8 18.0 18.0
    Range 18.0−24.0 13.2−28.2 18.0−58.2 12.0−28.2 18.0−22.8
    95% CI 20.8−23.2 19.1−23.3 17.4−31.3 17.2 −22.2 18.5−21.7
AUC0−1.25 (μg·h/l)
    Mean 27.2 31.0 31.6 34.1 22.0d
    Median 24.4 27.6 27.3 29.9 19.5
    Range 5.1−48.9 12.5−55.5 5.6−71.0 21.1−60.0 10.9−42.1
    95% CI 20.2−34.1 25.3−36.7 20.6−42.6 25.5−42.7 15.6−28.4
a

n=11

b

n=17

c

n=10

d

n=9