Regular cannabis use is associated with blunted affective, but not cardiovascular, stress responses.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine the potential impact of regular cannabis use on cardiovascular and subjective responses to acute stress.

Design

We used a quasi-experimental design in which subjective states and cardiovascular measures were obtained during rest and in response to acute stress challenges in a sample of regular cannabis users and non-users.

Participants

Seventy-nine adults (forty-five cannabis users and thirty-four non-users).

Measurements

We measured subjective states (positive affect, state stress, state anxiety, cannabis craving) and cardiovascular indicators (blood pressure, heart rate, mean arterial pressure) during baseline rest and in response to public speaking, mental arithmetic, and cold-pressor challenges. Regular cannabis use was established via self-

SUBMITTER: DeAngelis BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270977 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature