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. 2021 Feb 17;35(7):773–785. doi: 10.1177/0269881120986393

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
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
a

Oral via a brownie.

b

Smoked a high-CBD-dominant strain, which had 100 mg CBD and 3.7 mg THC.