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Does medicinal cannabis work for depression, anxiety or PTSD? Our study says there’s no evidence (theconversation.com)
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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

So using cannabis in combination with therapy as well as diet, exercise, and community support is an effective way to treat depression? You’re telling me the science suggest multi legged approaches are the best way to manage depression? Cannabis being about as useful as an SSRI without additional treatments?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    No, I wouldn’t recommend using THC to manage any emotion because there are more effective drugs with fewer side effects, typically.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    What about anxiety or ADHD or OCD or any of the other potential uses outside of PTSD.

    You’d recommend it if it was in the pharmacopeia. That’s kind of the point. If you cared about science or medicine, you’d be demanding unbiased testing.

    Ending prohibition and studying cannabis on a large scale in population and time seems like a reasonable thing to do unless you’re a damn drug dealer protecting your patented product line…

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    No, what this boils down to is that pot gets you high and a lot of people abuse it to avoid dealing with their feelings and problems. That is a totally reasonable concern for any healthcare provider to have and for there to be a general preference for prescribing other medications that don’t have those drawbacks.

    People ITT are just butthurt about their pro-marijuana politics. And this isn’t the first post in this community I’ve seen featuring politics-laden comments that question real science because it’s inconvenient. My opinion of this community is dropping fast.

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