The really awesome thing about herbs is that many of the ones that are nice to smoke may also offer their own therapeutic or psychoactive effects—and many even share some of the same terpenes as cannabis.

Losing your high sucks. Luckily, it’s absolutely and totally fix-able. But before we get into the how, it might be helpful to know the why. Tolerance to weed (and other substances) all comes down to the body’s unending mission to achieve homeostasis and the built-in receptors in our brains that get turned-on when they meet an activating substance.

I don’t want to just tell you to roll up a fat one, sit back, and chill out. Not because I don’t think that could help. (I do. And it’s certainly been my own personal go-to for stress relief during this “non-stop hellscape” year.) But because weed—and any recreational substance—should never be used as an escape or as a means to zone out and forget all your problems. That isn’t healthy. And, worse, it could totally backfire. So let’s all get clear on our intentions before we just start lighting j’s willy-nilly.

Everything feels more heightened, from the sound of music to the taste of food to—yes—the way it feels to be touched.