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Here’s where science currently stands on the use of marijuana for pain, sleep, anxiety, muscle spasms and other ailments — the results may surprise you. How marijuana impacts pain, sleep ...
A study of more than 6 million Danes published in JAMA Psychiatry in May found that people who have cannabis use disorder (meaning, they’re unable to stop using marijuana) had a higher risk of ...
Canadian researchers examined the health records of more than 12 million people living in Ontario between 2008 and 2019 who had no record of an anxiety disorder, or of receiving treatment for one.
French physician Jacques-Joseph Moreau studied the effects of cannabis with the help of Gautier and other artists who experimented with hashish in the Club des Hashischins. [6] Moreau published his findings in Hashish and Mental Illness: Psychological Studies (1846), noting that hashish caused "errors of time and space" and "time dragging".
The psychoactive component of cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is not effective in treating emotion-regulation and anxiety-related symptoms. [20] Conversely, THC has been empirically related to an increase anxiety symptoms through impacts on neurological areas impacting serotonin, noradrenalin, GABA and glutamate.
Anxiety and depression have been found to increase susceptibility to marijuana use. [55] This is due to a desire to alleviate the symptoms of these experiences through marijuana use. Chronic users who use for anxiolytic purposes will even develop dependencies on cannabis, making it difficult to cope with anxiety when the drug is absent.
A growing body of research links marijuana use among some young adults to mental health issues such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.
Marijuana doesn't get the best rap when it comes to mental health. Past research has shown it causes short-term paranoia. New study finds marijuana doesn't cause clinical anxiety or depression