Your Cannabis Habit May Be Quietly Raising Your Stress Levels Every Morning

Oregon State University researchers found regular cannabis users had higher baseline cortisol after waking.

Their cortisol rise over the first 30 minutes in the morning was similar to that of infrequent or non-users.

The saliva study cannot prove cannabis causes the change, only that the two are linked.

If confirmed in larger long-term studies, higher waking cortisol could become a marker of problematic cannabis use and related stress or heart risks.