Study: Exercise can offset depressive symptoms that may accompany frequent weed use

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Researchers found that physical activity also “offset increases in depressive symptoms” among frequent users. Now is the perfect time to improve your workouts with weed How does cannabis impact mental health? Researchers from Brock University and the University of Waterloo in Ontario have published insight into whether or not the benefits provided by physical activity could reduce cannabis-associated mental health changes. They found that weekly cannabis consumption was associated with increases in depressive and anxious symptoms and that exercising improved “psychosocial well-being” regardless of how often students were consuming cannabis. According to a 2019 study published in Frontiers in Public Health, people who consume weed before exercising tend to work out longer and find it more enjoyable.

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Researchers from Brock University and the University of Waterloo in Ontario have published insight into whether or not the benefits provided by physical activity could reduce cannabis-associated mental health changes.

Published in the peer-reviewed journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, the research suggests that exercising may reduce depressive symptoms among youth who are frequent cannabis consumers.

“Physical activity adherence may be one approach to minimizing potential changes in mental health associated with increasing cannabis use,” reads the study...

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