Psychological effects vary with the dose. This is followed by a feeling of hilarity and mirth. A sense of euphoria, well-being and relaxation accompanies the mirth. Higher doses produce a dreamy, carefree state characterized by distortions of time and space. Enhanced body awareness occurs.
External experience is glorified, and details take on supernatural importance.
High doses produce distorted perceptions and mescaline-like hallucinations. Extreme and fluid emotional changes of dreams occur, in the waking state. A profound thirst sometimes accompanies high doses. At levels commonly used today characteristic effects include a craving for sweets and snacks, reduced psychomotor performance, memory problems and decreased physical strength. Some have argued that THC enhances creativity but this is probably the result of sensory enhancement rather than actual increases in creativity.