9 ways Cannabis can help you improve your life

Many of us know marijuana has an unprecedented healing potential to cure a number of health conditions. This wonder plant acts as a powerful medicine. Yet, research shows weed is an effective supplement for preventive health.

In fact marijuana is more than just being a medicine or a food supplement; in words of an author and Neuroscientist Dr. Michele Ross, “We have a medication here that can make people happier, make people more connected, just enhance people’s lives. And everyone can benefit from that.”

Cannabis can help you improve your life in several ways. In the following lines we compiled a list of 9 ways cannabis can help to add value in your life.

1-       Cannabis can make you feel happier

There are three body’s natural ‘happy chemicals’. When more of these chemicals are available to the brain cells for use, they give you happiness and relaxed feelings. Marijuana helps flood your brain with these ‘happy chemicals’.

2-       It reduces the stress

Under stressful situations, brain lacks a particular chemical called anandamide (AEA). It acts like an anti-anxiety pill that your body produces naturally. In fact, stress causes your body to produce more enzymes that get rid of anandamide in your body. This results in you feel more tense, nervous and downright awful.

Active chemicals in marijuana help inhibiting anxiety-inducing enzymes and stimulating anti-anxiety compounds in the brain. This sheds your stress and leaves you feeling relaxed and fear-free. Just don’t smoke too much.

3-       It may slowing down the aging process

THC is a powerful antioxidant that acts as an anti-aging compound. Antioxidants prevent cells from damage that can ultimately kill your cells. As former researcher at the National Institute on Drug Abuse and neuroscientist Dr. Michele Ross states, “Cannabis is the key to unlocking preventative medicine. It helps protect your DNA from being damaged, so it can actually slow down the aging process.”

4-       It boosts your metabolism

Marijuana boosts your metabolism not only by making you feel hungry but also helps your body better breakdown what you’ve eaten. 

5-       It helps you get better sleep

Another benefit of marijuana comes in better sleep at night. During sleep your body performs repair work to undo any damage occurred during the day. In particular, deep sleep is greatly beneficial to muscular damage and issues with your immune system.

6-       It connects people

Marijuana advocacy and social groups provide people a platform to interact and connect with likeminded-people. Consider yourself a lonely stoner? Don’t worry. There’s herb to bring you hope.

Research has shown that cannabis may help people relax from social anxiety and other social disorders. It means cannabis may help stoners to be calm and comfortable around others.

7-       It strengthens your immune system

Cannabis helps your immune system function properly. It particularly improves body’s response against inflammation. In case you get a cut, strain a muscle, sustain some sort of injury, body’s immune system sends chemicals that cause swelling to the area. Marijuana helps reducing painful swelling by making your immune system calm.

8-       It kills pain

Marijuana is an effective natural pain killer. The effective ingredients of cannabis calm the secretion of pain signals carrying chemicals in your body. When you experience pain cannabis tells your body to stop hurting.

9-       It protects brain

The effective ingredients of marijuana include THC and CBD which are excellent antioxidants. They both serve as magical neuroprotective compounds that help prevent damage and degeneration of brain cells. More recent studies also show that cannabinoids in cannabis help protect the brain in aging people.  This can play a vital role in treating degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis.