Cannabis and Your Body
How cannabis affects your heart, lungs, gut, hormones, and physical health.
Cannabis and Your Cardiovascular System: Heart Risk, Stroke, and What the Research Shows
Cannabis spikes your heart rate up to 100% — yet a study of 183 million patients found no clear heart or stroke link. Why the research is so mixed and who's at real risk.
Weed and Your Gut: How Cannabis Affects Digestion
Your gut has 500 million neurons loaded with THC receptors. Why weed causes digestion problems, what happens when you quit, and the 2-to-4-week recovery timeline.
Weed, Testosterone, and Male Health: What the Research Actually Shows
A famous 1974 study found 35% lower weed testosterone levels in heavy users — but modern data tells a different story. What 50 years of research shows and what recovers.
Weed and Your Lungs: Recovery Timeline After Quitting
One joint deposits 4x the tar of a cigarette — but lung recovery after quitting weed starts within a week. Why you cough more at first, the full timeline, and when to see a doctor.
Coughing Up Black Stuff After Quitting Weed: What It Means
Coughing up dark stuff after quitting weed is actually your lungs healing — not getting worse. What each color means, when it peaks, and the one sign to see a doctor right away.
Weed and Fertility: What Couples Should Know
Weekly weed use is linked to 28% lower sperm count — but it recovers in about 74 days. How weed affects fertility for both partners and when to quit before trying to conceive.
Lung Recovery After Quitting Weed: The Complete Timeline
Your lungs start healing within 24 hours — and unlike tobacco, most cannabis damage is reversible. Lung recovery after quitting smoking weed: the week-by-week timeline.
Weed and Your Heart: Cardiovascular Effects and Recovery
Every session spikes your heart rate 20-50 bpm — and heart attack risk jumps in the first hour. Weed and heart health: why daily use matters and how fast recovery starts.
Weed Withdrawal and Sweating: Why Your Body Is Detoxing
THC byproducts have been found in sweat itself — your body is flushing stored weed out. Weed withdrawal sweating: why it peaks week 1, hits daytime too, and when it stops.
Weed and Acne: Can Quitting Cannabis Clear Your Skin?
Your oil glands have their own THC receptors — which is why weed can drive acne. What happens to your skin when you quit, how long it takes, and why smoking is the worst method.
Cannabis and Your Body: What the Research Actually Shows
183 million patients studied — no clear heart attack link. But cannabis and your body is more complex than safe or dangerous. Lungs, hormones, weight — system by system.
THC and Exercise: What Happens When You Work Out High
Cannabis users logged more weekly exercise — but THC adds 20-50 BPM on top of your workout heart rate. THC and exercise: what helps, what's risky, and what we don't know yet.
THC and Running: The Runner's High Connection
The runner's high comes from cannabinoids, not endorphins — and THC targets the same system. What this means for runners who use cannabis and whether it helps or hurts.
THC and Weightlifting: Does Cannabis Affect Muscle Growth or Recovery
Zero studies have tested THC and muscle growth directly — but weed disrupts the sleep muscles need to repair. THC and weightlifting: what evidence says vs. bro science.
THC and Golf: The Silicon Valley Open Secret
Cannabis on the golf course is an open secret — but THC impairs the precision putting demands. The tradeoff between relaxation and accuracy, and why dose control matters most.
Cannabis and Arthritis: What the Research Actually Shows
Millions of arthritis patients use cannabis — but only one proper trial has tested it. What it found, why stopping your meds is risky, and what works for each type.
Cannabis and Fibromyalgia: Evidence, Dosing, and What Patients Report
Fibromyalgia patients love cannabis more than any other group — but one study found THC works while CBD doesn't. The science, how to dose, and who it helps most.
Cannabis and Carpal Tunnel: Can THC Help Nerve Pain
Nerve pain has the strongest cannabis evidence — but no trial has tested it for carpal tunnel. What we can borrow, why topical CBD fails, and when surgery wins.
Cannabis and Migraines: Prevention, Treatment, and What Studies Show
Cannabis cut migraines from 10 attacks a month down to 4 in one study — a 50% drop. Why inhaling stops attacks, which form prevents them, and the hidden risk.
Cannabis and IBS: Gut Health, Inflammation, and Symptom Relief
IBS affects 10-15% of people — and your gut is packed with cannabinoid receptors. Why cannabis helps one type of IBS but hurts the other, and the hidden vomiting risk.
Cannabis and Crohn's Disease: What Gastroenterology Research Shows
Up to 40% of Crohn's patients use cannabis — trials show it eases symptoms but won't heal your gut. Why that gap matters, what actually works, and what to skip.
Cannabis and Parkinson's Disease: Tremor, Sleep, and Quality of Life
The brain area Parkinson's destroys is packed with cannabinoid receptors — but cannabis helps sleep more reliably than tremor. Real evidence, fall risk, and what works.