. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 4.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 May 31;227(4):571–581. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.05.056

Table 1.

Summary of different modes of cannabis delivery

Method	Peak	Duration
Inhaled (vapor or smoke)¹⁸¹	9 minutes	1–2 hours
Oral (drops, lozenge, spray)¹⁸²	10–25 minutes	≤10 hours
Ingested (capsules, edibles, powder, tablets)^31–35	60 minutes – 5hours	≤25hours
Transdermal (patch, gels)¹⁸³	120 minutes	≤48 hours
Rectal suppository¹⁸⁴	60–120 minutes	≤8 hours