Health & Safer Use
Tips for low-risk consumption, dosing, different consumption methods and mental health.
Safer Use Rules for Cannabis
Comprehensive rules for low-risk cannabis use – covering set and setting, dosing, consumption methods, tolerance management, polydrug use, and emergency response.
Dosing for Beginners
How beginners find the right cannabis dose – understanding THC content, differences between consumption methods, microdosing, onset times, individual factors, edibles risks, and systematic titration.
Consumption Methods and Their Risks in Detail
A comprehensive comparison of all cannabis consumption methods – smoking, vaporizers, edibles, sublingual, and topical – focusing on respiratory risks, temperatures, activated carbon filters, and practical recommendations.
Cannabis and Mental Health
How cannabis affects mental health – anxiety, panic, depression, psychosis risk, effects on adolescent brains, dependency potential (9%), withdrawal symptoms, and counseling resources in Germany.
Set and Setting: The Foundations of a Safe Consumption Situation
Inner state (set) and external conditions (setting) largely determine whether a cannabis experience is pleasant or unpleasant. A practical guide to risk minimization.
Cannabis Compared to Alcohol and Nicotine
A factual comparison of acute and long-term risks, dependency potentials, and societal costs of cannabis, alcohol, and nicotine – and why legality does not equal safety.
The Complete Safer Use Guide
A comprehensive guide to harm-reduced cannabis use – set and setting, dosing for beginners, comparing consumption methods, polydrug risks, driving fitness, overdose signs, first aid for bad trips, consumption breaks, self-reflection, and when to seek professional help.
Cannabis and Mental Health: Risks, Protective Factors, and Current Evidence
In-depth analysis of the connections between cannabis and mental health – biphasic anxiety effect, depression, psychosis and schizophrenia vulnerability, PTSD treatment, sleep disorders, cannabis use disorder (CUD), risk and protective factors, and current research evidence.