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MARIJUANA USE LINKED TO INCREASE IN LIGHT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, STUDY CHALLENGING
‘LAZY STONER’ STEREOTYPE FINDS
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A new study into how recent cannabis use affects physical activity appears to
disprove the long-held stereotype that marijuana makes people lazy, finding that
young to midlife adults were neither more sedentary nor more intensely active
after consuming cannabis—though recent use was associated with a “marginal
increase” in light exercise.
“Our findings provide evidence against existing concerns that cannabis use
independently promotes sedentary behavior and decreases physical activity,”
researchers wrote, adding that “the stereotypical ‘lazy stoner’ archetype
historically portrayed with chronic cannabis use does not acknowledge the
diverse uses of cannabis today.”
The report, published this week in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid
Research, drew on data from Canada’s National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES), which, during its 2011–2012 and 2013–2014 cycles, included
information from wrist-worn accelerometers that tracked participants’ physical
activity. Participants, who were all between ages 18 and 59, also answered a
Drug Use Questionnaire that asked about current and lifetime use of substances
such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
Medical Marijuana Shows Comparable Efficacy to Opioids with Fewer Adverse Events
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A recent study comparing medical marijuana and opioids for chronic non-cancer
pain suggests that cannabis could offer comparable relief. “Our findings
suggest that both opioids and cannabis for medical use may provide benefits for
a minority of chronic pain patients,” the study says. Additionally, cannabis
shows the advantage of not causing respiratory depression, a risk associated
with opioids that can lead to overdose. Chronic pain affects approximately 20
percent of the global population and is often treated with opioids, While
opioids provide modest pain relief, marijuana seems to have similar positive and
fewer adverse effects. As for cannabis and pain, a growing body of research
suggests that cannabinoids can help ease pain, and may offer benefits over
opioids. A previous study found that marijuana and opioids were “equally
efficacious” at mitigating pain intensity. The study also found that cannabis
provided more “holistic” relief, such as by improving sleep, focus and emotional
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Researchers described the findings, which drew on data from 4,666 adults—of
which 658 (14.1 percent) reported using cannabis in the past 30 days—as “the
largest cohort in which the relationship between cannabis use and physical
activity has been studied.”
Results showed little differences in sleep or physical activity between people
who did and did not use marijuana within the past month, according to the
accelerometer data.
“No differences were found in the median daily awake versus asleep time, daily
sedentary time, or daily [moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)] time,”
wrote authors from the University of Toronto and two Ontario hospitals.
In fact, daily time spent doing light physical activity (LPA) was marginally
higher among recent cannabis users.
“Median [interquartile range (IQR)] daily LPA time was greater in the recent
cannabis use group,” the study says, though it notes the difference was slight,
with a median 102 minutes of light physical activity per day among those who
used marijuana in the past month compared to 99 minutes per day among those who
did not.
“With the rising prevalence of cannabis use, there have been concerns of its
potential effects on physical activity levels,” the study concludes. “In this
population level-analysis, recent cannabis use was not independently associated
with daily sedentary time or MVPA, and it was associated with a marginally
greater daily LPA time of unclear clinical significance.”
Participants in the study may not be representative of the general adult
population, the study acknowledges. “First, more than half of the recent
cannabis users in this study were 18–29 years, which may suggest selection bias
toward younger and healthier people in the NHANES sample.”
The survey data also did not include respondents’ motivation for cannabis use,
which the study says might include exercise, pain, anxiety or sleep. Nor were
participants asked about frequency of consumption or product formulation.
Authors said further research is needed “to examine if these findings are
generalizable to specific subgroups using cannabis for chronic or neuropathic
pain.”
The study comes on the heels of various other findings that challenge some
widely held preconceptions about cannabis users. For example, a report last
month concluded that there’s no association between habitual marijuana use and
paranoia or decreased motivation. The research also found no evidence that
marijuana consumption causes a hangover the next day.
A 2022 study on marijuana and laziness, meanwhile, found no difference in apathy
or reward-based behavior between people who used cannabis on at least a weekly
basis and non-users. Frequent marijuana consumers, that study found, actually
experienced more pleasure than those who abstained.
Separate research published in 2020 found that “compared to older adult
nonusers, older adult cannabis users had lower [body mass index] at the
beginning of an exercise intervention study, engaged in more weekly exercise
days during the intervention, and were engaging in more exercise-related
activities at the conclusion of the intervention.”
And a 2019 study found that people use cannabis to elevate their workout tend to
get a healthier amount of exercise. It also concluded that consuming before or
after exercising improved the experience and aided in recovery.
A report published last December, meanwhile, examined neurocognitive effects in
medical marijuana patients, finding that “prescribed medical cannabis may have
minimal acute impact on cognitive function among patients with chronic health
conditions.”
Another report, published March in the journal Current Alzheimer Research,
linked marijuana use to lower odds of subjective cognitive decline (SCD),
with consumers and patients reporting less confusion and memory loss compared to
non-users.
While the long-term effects of cannabis use are far from settled science,
findings from those and other recent studies suggest some fears have been
overblown.
A report published in April that drew on dispensary data, for instance, found
that cancer patients reported being able to think more clearly when using
medical marijuana. They also said it helped manage pain.
A separate study of teens and young adults at risk of developing psychotic
disorders found that regular marijuana use over a two-year period did not
trigger early onset of psychosis symptoms—contrary to the claims of
prohibitionists who argue that cannabis causes mental illness. In fact, it was
associated with modest improvements in cognitive functioning and reduced use of
other medications.
“CHR youth who continuously used cannabis had higher neurocognition and social
functioning over time, and decreased medication usage, relative to non-users,”
authors of that study wrote. “Surprisingly, clinical symptoms improved over time
despite the medication decreases.”
A separate study published by the American Medical Association (AMA) in January
that looked at data from more than 63 million health insurance beneficiaries
found that there’s “no statistically significant increase” in psychosis-related
diagnoses in states that have legalized marijuana compared to those that
continue to criminalize cannabis.
Studies from 2018, meanwhile, found that marijuana may actually increase working
memory and that cannabis use doesn’t actually change the structure of the brain.
And, contrary to then-President Trump’s claim that marijuana makes people “lose
IQ points,” the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) says the results of two
longitudinal studies “did not support a causal relationship between marijuana
use and IQ loss.”
Research has shown that people who use cannabis can see declines in verbal
ability and general knowledge but that “those who would use in the future
already had lower scores on these measures than those who would not use in the
future, and no predictable difference was found between twins when one used
marijuana and one did not.”
“This suggests that observed IQ declines, at least across adolescence, may be
caused by shared familial factors (e.g., genetics, family environment), not by
marijuana use itself,” NIDA concluded.
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