What kind of cannabis are people trying to treat their anxiety with? If it's high-THC dispensary strains and oil cartridges, no wonder; such products have hardly any medicinal value.
But ~5-8mg of gummy is amazing as a sleep aid (which is largely, for me, about shutting down anxiety hard) and ~3mg (as needed, and rarely, for me) to take the edge off daytime anxiety. Lower doses are quite effective if it’s “full spectrum” and not just isolated THC. The higher (ha, ha) end of that range does “get me high” but in a pretty mild way, like having a really solid alcohol buzz but not being an unfortunate level of inebriated.
Meanwhile, I’ve given myself a very unpleasant half-hour with a single too-large puff on a strong vape pen.
When I was first getting used to it, 5mg sent me straight to bed, do not pass go, hope you didn’t have any other plans, and was a little too much.
I wonder how much of this is from people using it to get very high on purpose, or from novice medicinal users dosing too high.