An analysis of the subjective marijuana experience.

Two hundred and thirty-six marijuana users who volunteered for a study in which they would use the drug were administered a Drug History and a Marihuana Effects Questionnaires. In addition to obtaining descriptive information of drug experiment volunteers and a factor analysis of the marijuana experience, the relationship between experience and effect variables were studied. The results of the above analysis suggest that the "typical" subject in marijuana experiments is not a "typical" user, that the marijuana experience is verbally definable, and that prior expectancies and histories of effect alter the experience.