Table 3.
Pharmacokinetics (mean Cmax and Tmax) of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) in occasional (non-current) users, in blood, after three doses of THC and one dose of CBD.
Smoked | Vaporised | Oral | |
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THC (10 mg) (Spindle et al., 2018 – smoked and vapourised; Vandrey et al., 2017 – oral) | |||
Cmax (ng/mL) | 3.76 | 7.53 | 1 a |
Tmax (h) | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.9 a |
THC (25 mg) (Spindle et al., 2018 – smoked and vapourised; Vandrey et al., 2017 – oral) | |||
Cmax (ng/mL) | 10.24 | 14.36 | 3.5 a |
Tmax (h) | 0.13 | 0.19 | 2.6 a |
THC (50.6 mg) (Newmeyer et al., 2016) | |||
THC Cmax (ng/mL) | 51.6 | 47.8 | 10.3 a |
THC Tmax (h) | 0.11 | 0.11 | 2.3 a |
CBD (100 mg) (Spindle et al., 2018) | |||
CBD Cmax (ng/mL) | 181.4 b | 104.6 | 11.1 |
CBD Tmax (h) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3 |
Oral via a brownie.
Smoked a high-CBD-dominant strain, which had 100 mg CBD and 3.7 mg THC.