{"id":3517,"date":"2021-10-15T22:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T20:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2021-10-15T22:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T20:14:44","slug":"who-said-weed-made-you-lazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/3517\/who-said-weed-made-you-lazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Who said weed made you lazy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"the-runner\u2019s-high\"><strong>The Runner\u2019s High<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A lot of athletes use cannabis prior or during athletic activity. Josiah Hesse, journalist, author, and marathon runner is one of them. He himself is not a professional athlete, but in his latest book: <\/strong><strong><em>\u2018Runner&#8217;s High: How a movement of cannabis-<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>fueled<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> athletes is changing the science of sport\u2019 <\/em><\/strong><strong>he interviews dozens of professional athletes who use cannabis before or during practice. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THC is the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. In a research article on the Runners High (2015), researchers found that an opioid (\u03b2-endorphin) and anandamide (comparable to THC) are the cause for the runners high. \u201cBy using THC, you\u2019re basically getting a quicker, more efficient boost of the runners high\u201d, Hesse says.<\/p>\n<p>Hesse is one of many people that use cannabis just before or during exercise: \u201cI enjoy using cannabis while exercising, because I can focus solely on the running part and I don\u2019t worry about all the outside fuss. Also, after the exercise, my muscles feel less sore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n[aesop_gallery  id=&#8221;3544&#8243; revealfx=&#8221;inplace&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n\n<h1 id=\"\u201cthough-i-eventually-learned\"><strong>\u201cThough I eventually learned that, in nearly every sport, cannabis is as commonly consumed as ibuprofen.\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Quote from the book: \u2018<em>Runner\u2019s High<\/em>\u2019 of Josiah Hesse<\/p>\n<p><strong>WADA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cannabis is still on the doping list for all athletes. Through scientific research the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will decide if cannabis could be removed from this list. That the WADA decided to re-examine cannabis, is the result of the commotion that resulted in the suspension of the American sprinter Sha\u2019Carri Richardson. She was rejected at the Olympics due to a positive cannabis test. 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