The Dark Side of Stress Relief: How Cannabis May Be Disrupting Our Bodies' Natural Response to Adversity A recent study from Oregon State University found that frequent cannabis users wake up with higher levels of cortisol than non users.
This raises questions about the long term effects of using marijuana for stress relief and suggests a potentially disturbing trend: the disruption of our natural stress response.
Researchers led by Anita Cservenka investigated how frequent cannabis use relates to the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA), the primary neuroendocrine system responsible for regulating our body's response to stress.