Finally, some good news!
Good news, stoners! Science is finally backing up what you've long known: that smoking weed does, in fact, make you nicer — and less greedy, to boot.University of New Mexico researchers found evidence that cannabis use makes people more empathetic, as well as less motivated by money.
"They see cannabis users as unmotivated, or they see them as addicted, or perhaps believe that they are losing sight of their goals," he. "It’s never really been approached objectively to see what’s going on before making negative interpretations." Basically, Vigil told the site, his team gave college students a "battery of psychological tests" — and also tested their urine for THC, the most psychoactive ingredient in cannabis."We found that folks that had recently used cannabis showed higher levels of pro-social behaviors, and higher measurements of empathy — the empathy quotient was statistically significant across two groups — as well as what researchers refer to as 'moral foundations,'" he told.
"This is actually shown through formal research," he added. "Cannabis users’ brains are less likely to light up when they are shown a depiction of dollar sign compared to non-users. People that don’t use cannabis get more excited when they see a dollar sign, and that has been interpreted by addiction researchers as a negative thing."
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