A job that pays you to get high sounds too good to be true.
However, there are many cannabis studies out there that are looking for volunteers. Some of them require you to smoke weed in a laboratory, while others are purely observational, but all of them allow you to help further scientific breakthroughs by getting high.
From active cannabis users to first-time smokers, here are some studies that will pay you to try marijuana.
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Brown University
Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies has several cannabis studies that are currently looking for volunteers.
Project CannTalk is looking for volunteers aged 18 to 74 to participate in confidential research about cannabis behaviors in daily life. Participants must currently use marijuana, and can receive up to $570 for completing the study. The total time of the study is estimated to be around eight months, which includes breaks.
Also, the CAR Study is looking for volunteers aged 18 to 60. This study is looking at cannabis and driving behaviors in daily life, and volunteers will participate in confidential research. Participants must be current cannabis users and frequent drivers, and will be compensated up to $340 for completing the study.
For young adults aged 18 to 25, the Behavioral Economic Study of microTransitions (BEST) project is looking for volunteers for a study on cannabis behaviors and other life changes. Eligible participants must have used cannabis in the past month to participate in this confidential longitudinal research. For completing this study, volunteers will receive up to $915.
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins’ Cannabis Science Laboratory has many clinical research projects that are looking for volunteers who use cannabis.
One study, titled “The Impact of Oral Cannabis Administration and Co-Administration of Alcohol on Impairment,” is looking for adults aged 21 to 55 for a study that aims to measure the effects of oral cannabis and alcohol on human ability and function. Volunteers can earn up to $2,660 for their participation.
Another study from Johns Hopkins is looking at the short-term effects of cannabigerol (CBG) on various performance effects, like brain function. The study is looking for healthy adults aged 18 to 55, and each participant can earn up to $1,830 for volunteering.
Meanwhile, a study looking at the effects of delta-8 versus delta-nine THC on driving and impairment is looking for participants aged 18 to 55. Study participants will be asked to either eat a chocolate weed brownie, smoke a joint, or take a placebo. For completing the study, volunteers can receive up to $2,990.
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles’ Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids has many studies looking for adults who use cannabis.
One study, called the CanSex Study, is researching how cannabis influences mood and pain. Volunteers must be aged 21 to 55 and can earn up to $399 for their participation. To be eligible, volunteers must use cannabis but must not have pain.
Another study, called the Terpene Study, is looking at how chemicals in THC and terpenes influence mood and pain. Similarly, volunteers must be between the ages of 21 and 55, and must use cannabis but not have pain. However, participants can earn up to $1,727 for completing the study.
UCLA also has a study looking at how cannabis can be detected in blood and saliva, called the S-TACOFS study. Participants must be aged 21 to 55, and must use cannabis once a week or less. Study volunteers will be required to participate in four full-day cannabis smoking sessions in the laboratory, and can earn up to $500 for completing the study.
Finally, UCLA also has a CBG study, which is researching how THC and CBG affect mood, pain, and appetite. Participants aged 21 to 55 can earn up to $1,000 for completing the study, which involves nine full-day cannabis vaporizing sessions.
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While there are many more studies that will pay you to try cannabis, these are a good starting point for anyone interested in making money and helping scientific researchers test their hypotheses.