Cannabis Use Linked to Enhanced Empathy in New Study

Regular users show greater emotional comprehension and brain connectivity, but researchers caution more study is needed to confirm cause and effect.

New research suggests regular cannabis use may enhance empathy and understanding of others' emotions.
The study involved 85 regular cannabis users and 51 non-users, and used psychometric scoring of empathy subscales and resting state functional MRI.
Cannabis users showed higher emotional comprehension and greater functional connectivity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a brain region crucial for empathy.
The study does not prove cause and effect, and it's possible that more empathetic people are more likely to use cannabis.
Despite the positive findings, researchers caution that more research is needed to fully understand the effects of cannabis on empathy and social interactions.