Cannabis and the Pursuit of the Runner’s High

When I run near my home in Portland, Oregon, I’m more likely than not to catch a whiff of weed in the air. It might be wafting from a dispensary, or a passer-by, or a wake-and-baker on their front porch. I’ve always felt a vague sense of superiority — I’m sweating it out while you’re on the couch eating Cheetos — but recent research suggests my smugness may be misguided. Consuming cannabis can make running for fun more, well, fun, according to a <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-023-01980-4" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">research article</a> published last month. The researchers asked runners who were also habitual cannabis users to run on a treadmill and answer some questions about how they were feeling on two occasions: once sober and once high. They also looked at whether a high-THC strain (the chemical that gets you high) had a different effect than a mostly CBD strain (a different cannabinoid that isn’t psychoactive but is thought to have anti-anxiety and anti-inflammatory effects). <a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/cannabis-and-the-pursuit-of-the-runners-high-b19670d4be6b">Click Here</a>