Physical exercises help fight addiction

20 June 2017, 09:12 | Sports
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Physical exercises significantly reduce the craving for marijuana in dependent patients, US specialists at Vanderbilt University.

The use of cannabis among participants in the study was reduced by more than 50 percent after training on the treadmill during 10-30-minute sessions for two weeks. For the first time, drug addicts have proven the benefit of physical activity against drug addiction from marijuana.

Cannabis use and marijuana dependence increased in all age groups in the last decade in the United States. According to the data, in 2009 about 16 thousand. 700 Americans aged 12 years and older smoked marijuana monthly, and 6 million. Used cannabis 20 or more days per month.

Treatment of dependence on marijuana has increased over the past 10 years in the country from 7 to 16%. According to doctors, what looks like an "innocent habit" turns into a serious illness requiring long-term treatment. Smoking cannabis can be a predisposing factor for the development of psychosis, doctors warn. Neurologists believe that physical exercises have a positive effect on brain function, helping to get rid of dependence on cannabis.

News. Gradusnik. En.

Based on materials: news.gradusnik.ru



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