Have you heard about weed lube but are unsure where to get it or if you’ll like it? Or maybe you find the options out there are too expensive?
You can make cannabis lube at home with your favourite distillate or cannabis concentrate. Learn how and spice up your sex life this Valentine’s Day by making your own weed lube.
Weed Lube Ingredients
- 4 oz coconut oil
- 1 gram cannabis distillate of choice
Other supplies that can be helpful
- Vessel to store the lubricant in (a small mason jar is a good choice)
- Glass measuring cup (ounces)
- Small funnel
Note coconut oil will break down latex condoms. So, if you’re using this with a non-fluid bonded partner, consider non-latex condom options.
Instructions
- Heat coconut oil until it becomes a liquid. You can do so in the microwave for approximately 35-45 seconds.
- Warm your cannabis product slightly.
- Add the cannabis concentrate into the coconut oil. Stir continuously with a fork until it’s completely dissolved.
- Using a small funnel, transfer the mixed oil into your storage container.
- Store in a cool dark place.
How Weed Lube Can Help with Sex
There is little clinical data on how cannabis impacts sexual arousal or how it may potentially mitigate symptoms associated with sexual dysfunction. However, there are many self-reports on the effectiveness of cannabis for improving one’s sex life.
What can we say about the use of cannabis lube for sex?
Cannabis is a vasodilator: it opens blood vessels which increases blood flow, which can increase arousal.
Cannabis can also help manage pain and inflammation and lead to the relaxation of the vaginal walls and increase lubrication. The natural anti-inflammatory response could also contribute to a reduction in pain associated with penetration.
Approximately 75% of people with vaginas will experience pain during sex during their lives, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The leading causes of pain during sex are dryness, pelvic floor dysfunction, vaginismus, vulvodynia, and fibroids.
Cannabis can help with some of these problems; however, if you experience persistent or severe pain during intercourse, you should speak to your doctor.
How to Use Cannabis Lube
Apply the lubrication externally and wait approximately 15-20 minutes to feel the effects. Use this time to get intimate with your partner or yourself in other ways.
What Does Weed Lube Feel like?
Like any cannabis product, the effects will vary slightly from person to person and how much of the product you use. Typically, people note feeling
- More relaxed
- Tingling sensations where applied
- Higher, stronger, and/or prolonged arousal
- Longer, more robust, and potentially multiple orgasms
Will Weed Lube Get Me High?
Weed lube containing THC will only have psychoactive effects if inserted into the body (inside the vagina or anus). However, you are likely only to use small amounts, so psychoactive effects are likely to be minimal.
You will get high if you consume the lube orally.
Can Cannabis Lube be Used on Penises?
Weed lube is marketed to people with vulvas, so people often ask whether those with a penis can also benefit from the pleasure associated with weed lube.
Weed lube isn’t likely to have much, if any, impact if applied to the penis because the skin is not as absorbent as the vulva. However, people with penises can enjoy weed lube if used anally.
Considering anal penetration for the first time? Weed lube may help you to relax and not overthink the process. Before trying something new, such as pegging, do your research to ensure safe play.
Other Impacts of Cannabis Consumption on Sex
Consuming cannabis together can be a part of getting intimate for many partnerships. It can bring couples together and mitigate any nervousness associated with intimacy.
Maybe you want to consider baking weed brownies together this Valentine’s Day. Or eat your favourite edibles or smoke your favourite flower.
What about ejaculation? Does consuming cannabis impact ejaculation?
Currently, there isn’t enough evidence to conclusively determine how cannabis impacts ejaculation. The impact cannabis has on ejaculation is likely to vary from person to person.
What research we do have is from animal studies. Early research suggests stimulation of the CB1 receptors can delay ejaculation.
Delayed ejaculation can increase pleasure for some, making sexual activity last longer. However, in self-reported studies with adults, participants noted that this delay in ejaculation might be problematic to the point of not ejaculating at all.
What to Know Before Mixing Cannabis and Sex
If you’re planning to consume cannabis, particularly THC, with your partner this Valentine’s Day, there are a few things you should think about first. Like consent.
Consent is critical during sex, and because of the potential impairment caused by cannabis, it’s unclear whether or not a person can give consent while using cannabis. So, you and your partner must discuss consent and boundaries before consuming cannabis and before engaging in any sexual activities while high.
Consent is an ongoing dialogue between partners and should not be taken for granted in a long-term partnership.
If you’re new to cannabis use, we recommend familiarizing yourself with cannabis before introducing it into your sex life with a partner. You may even want to consider the first time you bring cannabis into the bedroom to be a solo session. This would allow you to explore how cannabis affects your body and your arousal before adding the additional variables of another person. Yes, we are recommending experimenting with cannabis and masturbating.
Final Thoughts
There are many ways of bringing cannabis into the bedroom safely to bring you and your partner together or heighten the intimate experience.
Single? No worries. Make some cannabis lube for yourself and spend Valentine’s Day taking care of yourself. Also consider bringing cannabis into the bath for some extended self-care. Whenever you’re reading this, any time is a good time for edibles, and they always show you care, so check out our Valentine’s weed brownies recipe.