Table 4 Comparisons of drug experience characteristics among 250 Internet survey respondents
From: Cannabis as entheogen: survey and interview data on the spiritual use of cannabis
Typical psychedelic experience (N = 220) | Typical cannabis experience (N = 250) | Spiritually motivated cannabis experience (N = 66) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anger or hate | 2% | 1% | 2% | ||
Confusion | 24% | 21% | 21% | ||
Contact with non-ordinary beings | 25% | *** | 3% | 3% | |
Contact with transcendent forces | 34% | *** | 5% | 11% | |
Disgust | 5% | * | 2% | 5% | |
Ego death or dissolution | 33% | *** | 4% | 9% | |
Fear | 24% | ** | 14% | 17% | |
Feeling of homecoming or return to your essence | 60% | *** | 27% | *** | 49% |
Feeling of isolation from other people | 12% | 17% | 15% | ||
Improved connection with nature | 75% | *** | 48% | *** | 73% |
Improved connection with other people | 67% | *** | 44% | *** | 64% |
Inner visions | 57% | *** | 14% | ** | 27% |
Insight into the world | 78% | *** | 38% | *** | 56% |
Insight into your relations | 74% | *** | 42% | *** | 65% |
Insight into yourself | 86% | *** | 51% | ** | 65% |
Joy | 84% | *** | 56% | ** | 71% |
Love | 76% | *** | 37% | *** | 58% |
Peace | 82% | 72% | 77% | ||
Regrettable behavior towards others | 6% | 4% | 3% | ||
Sadness | 19% | *** | 6% | 11% | |
Surprise | 42% | *** | 8% | 14% | |
Unity with transcendent forces | 41% | *** | 4% | * | 12% |
Words cannot describe the experience | 49% | *** | 7% | 12% |