You are here

Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 You Can Safely Ride Your Bike Under the Influence of Marijuana 🌿

You Can Safely Ride Your Bike Under the Influence of Marijuana

Warning message

The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 01/13/2016 - 08:45

A lot of marijuana users claim that smoking makes them feel closer to nature and more inclined to spend time outdoors. In particular, biking while under the influence of cannabis (or "stoned cycling") has proved popular — leading researchers to question whether the physical activity carries added safety risks while high. The answer turns out to be a resounding "no," a new study found.

In an effort to determine how pot affects a person's ability to ride a bike, researchers in Germany and Australia conducted an experiment. They had 14 test participants ride a bike through an obstacle course — first while sober, then after smoking one, two, and three joints — and compared their performance. The final results were published in the International Journal of Legal Medicine.

bikingGIPHY - GIPHY.COM

The test participants were all self-reported marijuana users, so THC,...

READ MORE: 
http://www.attn.com/stories/5120/biking-after-smoking-marijuana
Rate this article: 
Region: 
Australia
Germany
Europe

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.


420 Intel is Your Source for Marijuana News

420 Intel Canada is your leading news source for the Canadian cannabis industry. Get the latest updates on Canadian cannabis stocks and developments on how Canada continues to be a major player in the worldwide recreational and medical cannabis industry.

420 Intel Canada is the Canadian Industry news outlet that will keep you updated on how these Canadian developments in recreational and medical marijuana will impact the country and the world. Our commitment is to bring you the most important cannabis news stories from across Canada every day of the week.

Marijuana industry news is a constant endeavor with new developments each day. For marijuana news across the True North, 420 Intel Canada promises to bring you quality, Canadian, cannabis industry news.

You can get 420 Intel news delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for our daily marijuana news, ensuring you’re always kept up to date on the ever-changing cannabis industry. To stay even better informed about marijuana legalization news follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.