#Cannabis researchers say it’s #high_time;) to drop ‘#lazy_stoner’ #Stereotype..
#Regular_users no more likely to lack drive than non-users – but motivation may wane while under the influence.
Cannabis users are often depicted as lazy “#stoners” whose life ambitions span little further than lying on the sofa eating crisps.
But research from the University of Cambridge challenges this stereotype, showing that regular users appear no more likely to lack motivation compared with non-users.
The research also found no difference in motivation for rewards, pleasure taken from rewards, or the brain’s response when seeking rewards, compared with #non_users.
“We’re so used to seeing ‘lazy stoners’ on our screens that we don’t stop to ask whether they’re an #accurate #representation,” said Martine Skumlien, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge and the research’s first author. “Our work implies that … people who use cannabis are #no_more likely to lack #motivation or be #lazier than #people who #don’t.”
Skumlien said smoking cannabis could be associated with other downsides, but that the stoner stereotype is “#stigmatising” and could make messages around harm reduction less effective.
“We need to be #honest and #frank about what are and are not the #harmful_consequences of #drug_use,” she added.
Cannabis is the #third most commonly used controlled substance worldwide, after #alcohol and #nicotine, with a 2018 NHS report finding that almost one in five (19%) of 15-year-olds in England had used cannabis in the previous 12 months.
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