Long term cannabis use linked to inflammation

Long term cannabis users may have higher levels of a brain protein linked to chronic stress, anxiety and inflammation, according to international and Australian research. The researchers had expected the cannabis to have some anti-inflammatory effects, but instead they found long term cannabis users had higher levels of inflammatory markers in the blood. The long term cannabis users had higher levels of the brain protein known as a translocator protein; higher levels of this protein were linked with stress and anxiety and also with higher levels of an inflammatory marker in the blood of cannabis users.