My personal experience, which will very likely differ from others since that's just how it seems to be with substances like cannabis: In small to moderate quan

My personal experience, which will very likely differ from others since that's just how it seems to be with substances like cannabis: In small to moderate quantities, it can definitely increase creativity and generally speeds up the flow of ideas. Now, many of those ideas are bad ideas, but some end up being good ones that may not have occurred to you otherwise. Consume too much at once though and it may be harder to differentiate between the good and the bad ideas, which is why it's often wise to write down what you're thinking and read it the next day when you're sober. I've done this and sometimes thought "oh wow, that's a good idea" and sometimes thought "what in the hell does this even mean / this is a terrible idea". You will definitely lose short term attention span though, and temporarily gain symptoms similar to ADD/ADHD. You might become hyperfocused on something for a minute or 2, but your mind will quickly wander off afterwards. In small quantities this can actually work well for programming, but even moderate amounts often make it impossible for me to be productive when programming.