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“Despite the tendency of marijuana users to experience the “munchies,” pot smokers may have a lower risk of obesity that those who don’t use the drug, a new study finds.”
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“The results show the prevalence of obesity is lower among people who frequently smoke pot compared with those who have never inhaled.
The researchers said they were surprised by their initial results, because they expected to find the opposite. So they examined a second sample of people, and found exactly the same result. Together, the two samples studied more than 50,000 people…”
The study was published Aug. 24 in the American Journal of Epidemiology. One of the authors of the study has submitted a patent application in Canada entitled ‘‘Use of Marijuana and Compounds Therein for Treating Obesity.”
Pass it on: Obesity is less common in people who smoke cannabis.”
Read more:http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/09/06/pot-smokers-may-have-lower-risk-obesity/