The Pros and Cons of Frequent Marijuana Use for Diabetes and Weight Management
Frequent marijuana users tend to be leaner and less likely to develop type two diabetes, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have found that the pseudo-health benefit comes at a price. Adolescent exposure to THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana, may promote an enduring "pseudo-lean" state that superficially resembles healthy leanness but might, in fact, be rooted in organ dysfunction, according to the study. The study found that THC use in adolescent mice resulted in reduced weight gain in both males and females, but the study only focused on metabolic and molecular effects in males.