University College London conducted a study that has examined how cannabis interacts with tobacco when mixed together. The study was published in the journal Psychological medicine and examined 24 “healthy, non dependent but experienced users of cannabis and tobacco.”

According to the College’s findings, when adding tobacco to a cannabis joint, there is no affect to the resulting high.

Lead author of the study and clinical psychologist Chandni Hindocha stated, “There’s a persistent myth that adding tobacco to cannabis will make you more stoned, but we found that actually, it does nothing to improve the subjective experience.”

In the study, each user took part in four sessions which included smoking joints filled with various mixtures: cannabis and tobacco, cannabis and a placebo, tobacco and a placebo, or a placebo mixture entirely.

Each user had their heart rate and blood pressure measured afterwards and were evaluated on their moods and experience.

According to the findings, the heart rate was highest when participants consumed tobacco and cannabis together. There was also “a moderate increase” in blood pressure among participants. The authors say the increase may add to the cardiovascular risk of smoking marijuana.

“In a previous study, we found that the large majority of cannabis users in Europe smoke cannabis with tobacco. Tobacco’s ability to reduce the memory-impairing effects of cannabis may be part of why people add it to their joints,” Hindocha said.
“Surprisingly little research has been done on how tobacco might alter the effects of cannabis. As cannabis gets legalized in more countries, it is essential that any changes in cannabis policy consider their interrelationship.”

UCL clinical pharmacology professor Val Curran, who is another author on the study, said: “There is a clear public health implication here, suggesting that smoking tobacco with cannabis does not improve the stoned feeling but is still worse for physical health.”


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