While medical cannabis can affect people in many different ways, there is something to be said about the effects of sunlight on your cannabis session. In this article, we will take a look at how the sun can affect your high.
Can Partaking Outdoors Impact the Effects of Your Weed?
There are two things that go a long way in determining your experience with medical cannabis. One is your environment and the other is your mindset in your cannabis session. When we partake indoors, we are usually in a familiar setting – like our living room – where our mind has already processed much of the stimuli in that room. But when we venture outdoors, there are so many things around that can stimulate our minds and senses.
The Added Stimuli of the Outdoors Could Enhance the Effects of Cannabis
From sunlight to the sounds of birds and the smells of the outdoors, there are so many things for our brains to process when we venture outdoors. When partaking in a cannabis session, our brain’s ability to process information tends to slow down a bit.
So, if our ability to process information slows down after we consume and we step outside and are overloaded with an abundance of things to process – this could stimulate your brain and boost the psychoactive effects of your cannabis. This is just one way that your medical marijuana experience could be enhanced by the sun.
The Sun and Its Endorphin Boost
Another way that the sun could affect your high is through the endorphins that are released when we are exposed to the sun.
Endorphins are hormones that are released when we feel pain or stress. They can also be released by our bodies during pleasurable experiences like exercise, eating, acupuncture, getting a massage, or sex.
The UV rays associated with sunshine can help to release endorphins. A study conducted in 2014 found that when we are exposed to sunshine, the sun’s UV rays can increase endorphin levels by 30 to 50%. So, when you combine sunshine with cannabis’ own feel-good cannabinoids, like anandamide, it’s possible that the mix of these feel-good chemicals could result in an elevated state of bliss and euphoria.
Too Much of Two Good Things Can be Bad
While sunshine can enhance your experience during a cannabis session, it is important to be aware and proceed with caution. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your experience.
- Be aware of the dangers of overexposure to heat and sunlight which includes sunburn, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
- Have a plan for getting out of the sun and enjoying the shade once the temperature starts to rise.
- Bring water or other electrolyte drinks to stay hydrated
- If you feel like the sun or heat is getting too strong, head indoors to cool off.
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