Marijuana use is helpful for many people who suffer from chronic pain, eating disorders and anxiety. However, smoking the versatile plant is not only for the sick, but is highly beneficial for healthy people as well. Accordingly, the recreational marijuana industry is steadily growing, allowing people who simply enjoy smoking marijuana to do so legally. Marijuana legality encourages those who are healthy to explore the everyday benefits of marijuana, of which there are many.
Stronger and Healthier Lungs?
It is now common knowledge that tobacco cigarette smoke is harmful to both the smoker and people within radius of the smoke. Marijuana smoke does contain some of the same constituents as cigarettes; however, studies have shown marijuana smoke to be largely beneficial, rather than harmful. One study in particular, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, concluded that the lungs of recreational-marijuana smokers were stronger and healthier than those of cigarette, or non smokers. In this study, the lung capacity of marijuana smokers increased over the course of 20 years.
Some recreational marijuana smokers, particularly those with respiratory ailments like asthma, have complained about respiratory strain after smoking cannabis from rolled paper or pipes. For these particular ailments, vaporizing marijuana would be most beneficial. This is because vaporizers only heat marijuana enough to release beneficial cannabinoids, without toxins and smoke where the tobacco constituents reside. This would also allow for asthmatic or other ailed smokers to respect their particular health needs while still enjoying the unparalleled metabolic and creative benefits that marijuana provides.
Healthier Metabolisms?
A study published in the American Journal of Medicine concluded that marijuana smokers have healthier metabolisms and a beneficial reaction to ingested sugar. So, for those people who give in to food cravings while smoking, their bodies have an easier time digesting the sugar while maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. While a marijuana smoker is enjoying optimal digestive function, he or she should also cater to creative outlets, such as writing or painting.
Improved Brain Function?
One common misconception tied to individuals who use marijuana is that they are less coherent and unable to produce complex or creative ideas. A study by the Australian National University concluded that the amount of pot consumed has no measurable impact on cognitive performance. So, insisting that stoners are aloof or stupid because of recreational toking has no scientific bearing. On the contrary, marijuana smokers often experience improved semantic priming ability- where when prompted with one word the test subject is asked to quickly come up with a related word. This study concluded that recreational marijuana smokers are capable of developing advanced intellectual ideas from simple words.
In terms of being a harmful vice, marijuana is given a clean bill. No clear connection has been made between marijuana and deadly disease, while the negative side effects of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption are vast and well known. Marijuana use is credited for enhanced lung capacity and improved metabolic function, as well as the development of creative and intellectual ideas. Smoking marijuana has helped countless people live happy, healthy and creative lives. In the grand scheme of existence, what is more important than a life well lived?
