Anonymous wrote:I would like to try a very small dose to help w anxiety
Recovering addict here: Don't. You can go to MD and get microdose edibles as low as 2.5, and if it works, you'll likely keep using them. You'll find that 2.5 isn't getting it done anymore, so you'll move up to 5s. To 10s. To 25s. You may think it's "just weed" and not addictive, but it very much is, and the crash is deceptively slow. Weed is insidious; you won't realize you have a problem the way you might with alcohol, but you'll definitely end up with one if you use cannabis as a patch for your actual problem(s). And when you need to stop, your anxiety will still be there. It will actually be worse when you go through withdrawals from whatever you were masking it with.
It seems harder in the moment, and it takes more energy investment upfront, but you'd be better served by sitting with your anxiety, analyzing where it's coming from, and then adjusting your behavior and circumstances. You will need to do this anyway as part of a functional long-term strategy, and it's easier to do without a THC/Delta-9 haze clouding your vision.
You can't skip steps with drugs. I tried. Weed was magic for a bit, then medicinal and I used it regularly, then madness as I had to try to get off the habit.
Please just don't start. There is no advantage here. It is, at best, a short-term band-aid on a problem you'll need to properly address anyway. Don't put a bad habit/addiction in your own way. Try therapy, meditation, exercise, journaling, support groups... hell, skip the dependence on substances and just hit up an MA meeting! We all started with "anxiety" too...