How to Build a Personal Cannabis “Recipe”

1. Start with the question: what state do you want?

Ask yourself: What do I want to feel? And what do I want to soften or release?

Cannabis can shift you toward:

• calmness or gentle activation

• body relaxation or mental clarity

• emotional openness or grounded presence

Examples:

• Want to sleep, but the mind is noisy → Sleep + Anxiety Relief

• Need calm focus → Focus + Anxiolytic

• Want to feel emotional brightness → Mood + Euphoria

2. Choose a strain or a profile combination

Open the Strain × Effect table and find what matches your goal. One profile may be enough; sometimes a combination works better.

Example: Daytime, need stability without dullness → AC/DC CBD as the base + a soft accent from Pineapple Express

It’s not mixing — it’s tuning.

3. Identify your “intensity range”

Sensitivity differs from person to person. You can orient yourself by the experiential scale:

• Micro level → barely noticeable shift, smoother background

• Low level → light uplift or soft relaxation

• Medium level → noticeable effect with stable functioning

• Full level → deep body-oriented experience, evening-friendly

When in doubt, choose the gentler range.

4. Temperature as a direction (for vaporizers)

Not an instruction — a way to understand effect character:

• Lower ranges → clearer terpene expression, lighter states

• Middle ranges → balanced body-mind softness

• Higher ranges → dense, heavy body sensations

The key is not the number, but how the effect shifts in character.

5. Setting and intention

Your inner and outer states are half the result.

Helpful elements:

• warm, gentle light

• non-intrusive music or ambient sound

• a space where you don’t need to “perform”

• a short pause before beginning

This is not ritual for ritual’s sake — it’s a shift in attention.

6. Track your own patterns

Record:

• what you used

• what state you were in before

• how your body and attention changed

• what you would adjust next time

Within a few entries, patterns become obvious.

Summary

The best “recipe” isn’t someone’s advice — it’s your personal sensitivity map. When you listen to your own response, choosing a strain becomes intentional.

Cannabis doesn’t create your state — it helps you refine the one already forming.