The term edibles refers to any foods, candies, baked goods, or drinks that contain cannabis in some form that can be ingested, rather than smoked or vaporized. Edibles are often in the form of baked goods and sweets like cookies, candies, chocolate bars, or brownies.

Some people prefer their cannabis in an edible form because they don’t like inhaling the smoke and the resin that results from smoking joints. Edibles are also a popular way to administer medical marijuana in patients, particularly the elderly and children.

There are no noticeable differences in the health benefits of marijuana that is smoked or vaporized as opposed to medical marijuana in an edible form. The high a person receives from edibles depends on how much THC the edibles contain.