Smoking Weed Makes You Nicer and Less Greedy, Scientist Says

Stoners, good news! Smoking weed makes you nicer and less greedy, according to science.

The University of New Mexico found that cannabis use makes people more compassionate and less motivated by money.

The study focused on the "prosociality" of cannabis use, but the lead author wants to rethink how other researchers approach studying it.

He told The Paper that they see cannabis users as either unmotivated or addicted. Before making negative interpretations, it has never been approached objectively to see what is happening.

College students were given a battery of psychological tests, and also had their urine tested for the most psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, according to a report.

What did the results look like?

He told The Paper that people who had recently used cannabis showed higher levels of pro-social behaviors and higher levels of empathy. When justifying what is right and what is wrong, we think about these ideals.

There is a correlation between smoking pot and being less motivated to work.

He said that this is shown through research. When shown a depiction of dollar sign, cannabis users are less likely to light up. When people see a dollar sign, they get more excited than people who don't use cannabis.

The majority of cannabis studies have focused on the negative aspects of cannabis, from its addictiveness and correlation with low grades in college to its association with schizoaffective disorders.

There is little room for the positive social and psychological aspects of cannabis known well to many users, creating an opening for researchers like Vigil to carve out an intriguing new niche.

Cannabis research has been approached by people who think cannabis use is problematic behavior.

He said that they see cannabis users as either unmotivated or addicted. It has never been approached objectively to see what is happening.

Weed can make you a nicer person and less greedy.

Cannabis may make us nicer. The paper was published.

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