Your last toke might tag along to the gym: Exercise can trigger additional highs in pot smokers, according to a recent Australian study.
Researchers asked smokers who light up at least once a day to abstain from weed for 24 hours, then tested the participants’ blood levels before and after they performed a 35-minute cardio workout. The results: Levels of THC (the mind-altering element of marijuana) were 15 percent higher in post-workout blood tests—and even more so in people with above-average BMIs.
What gives? “Exercise promotes fat metabolism, and we believe this process liberates THC from fat cells and into the blood supply,” says one of the study’s authors, Jonathon Arnold, Ph.D.
While researchers aren’t sure if the spikes would actually make you feel a high—the study didn’t measure perceived intoxication and THC affects everyone differently—the levels would have been enough to fail a drug test. (Although legal THC blood levels are currently a hot topic of debate in states like Colorado and Washington).
You probably don’t face drug testing very often. But this study is just another example of how what you put in your body affects you—even long after you do it. THC can stay stored in fat cells for weeks, the researchers say. And though pot is commonly believed to be a relatively safe substance, researchers are still trying to uncover The Truth About Medical Marijuana.
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