News you'll all want to hear and probably already knew. A new study has claimed that smoking cannabis long-term doesn't actually have much of an impact on your physical health.
1,037 New Zealanders were analysed by researchers for the first 38 years of their life, monitoring how much weed they smoked from age 18 up.
The results showed the single negative effect it had on your body was to your teeth, with heavy users having frequent periodontal issues.
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But no other effects appeared. And better yet, cannabis use was linked to better cholesterol levels and a smaller waist size, so you don't need to worry about the sheer beast mode levels you reach during the munchies.
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A cannabis addiction expert and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Dr Kevin Hill, explained in further detail:
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"There are definitely health risks associated with heavy marijuana use, but there just aren't as many as we previously thought.
"The answers with marijuana aren't exactly what we would have expected them to be, and this is a great example.
"You need to be willing to change your mind on these issues".
Still, the research team admitted that psychical effects could potentially develop in later life.
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As for its general effect on the brain... to them, the jury's still out.
Words by Josh Teal
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