Daytime cannabis users will be excited to know that a landmark study appeared this week shed new light on the link between coffee, cannabis and brain function.
And whether you’re a coffee drinker or not—or maybe you start the day with a smooth cup of bulletproof coffee brewed with cannabutter—the study’s findings are valuable for cannabis users who are interested in how either of the drugs affects their system. It turns out, coffee and cannabis have a lot in common. So pour yourself that cup and load a moonrock into your bong. It’s time for some science.
Coffee And Cannabis Have An Intriguing Relationship
Put crudely, the research available on how cannabis interacts with the human body raises more questions than it answers. Interestingly enough, the same can be said for the research on the effects of coffee, even though there’s much, much more of it.
No doubt some coffee-related headline has grabbed your attention lately, trumpeting the latest research. There are studies that conclude coffee is beneficial to one’s health. Others that it may reduce risk of mortality. Some have identified cardiovascular risks. But most have offered no solid conclusions.
And the reason is that the humble coffee bean is densely packed with thousands of compounds. Each sip unleashes a flurry of complex metabolic activity that quickly blurs obvious relationships of cause and effect.
The same is true of cannabis. Cannabis flowers are home to rich, complicated arrays of terpenes, cannabinoids, and other resins. And cannabinoids, like the psychoactive THC and therapeutic CBD, trigger complex chains of metabolic and cellular reactions.
Put simply, we have so much to learn about both. But the good news is that studying the one