Anno 2019, many people still believe that smoking weed will turn you into a red-eyed, unemployed psychopath for life. But with many different American states decriminalizing the herb for personal use, this has the change to study what cannabis does on a mass scale. Some of the studies have been scientifically proven whereas other haven’t been scientifically proven yet as it is still illegal in many places.
This has led to the discovering of surprising health benefits linked to cannabis. Here are a few controversial benefits linked to its use:
Smoking weed makes you thinner
This might not be the most obvious benefit linked to the use of cannabis. However, according to a study in the journal Obesity has found that regular cannabis smokers are less likely to be obese than non-smokers.
Another research made by researchers from Conference of Quebec University Health Centers looked at 700 adults aged between 18-74 and discovered that cannabis users tend to have a low body mass index score. This is often seen as a sign of good health.
It helps increase creativity
According to a 2012 study in Consciousness and Cognition found that marijuana makes people more creative. At least in terms of how they used language. The use of cannabis helped to increase verbal fluency in low creatives to the same level as that of high creatives.
Weed can help athletes to perform better
Gordy Megroz conducted its own study after hearing many athletes that credit marijuana uses for increased performance and recovery.
The study is unscientific, however during his little self-experiment he found that he performed better on the treadmill and was less sore after completing a heavy squat session. Hard research is still very hard when it comes to this matter as the use of marijuana is still illegal in most places.
It is a safer alternative to alcohol
Cannabis could actually be the safest drug available. According to the journal Scientific Report it has found that cannabis is 114 less deadly than alcohol. In this report, the authors studied the effects of alcohol, heroin, cocaine, tobacco, ecstasy, crystal meth and cannabis.
Marijuana can help improve lung function
According to researchers, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association the big drags taken by weed smokers they may help them train their lungs to become more efficient.
Marijuana smokers have actually improved lung function compared to both cigarette smokers and people who have never smoked either.
Smoking weed can help you give up on heroin
Researchers at Columbia University have monitored patients undergoing treatments for opiate addiction. In this study they have found that patients that smoked cannabis were more able to sleep, less anxious, and more likely to complete their course.
Besides this, the researchers also found that dosing patients with dronabinol which is a drug that consists of THC (the active ingredient in cannabis) helped with the withdrawal symptoms.
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