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Is Your Mate Self-Medicating Mental Illness With Marijuana?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/27/2015 - 09:18

Recent scientific studies have validated the use of marijuana to treat many conditions, including some mental illnesses. Users on Leafly — an app that provides information on the growing number of marijuana varieties — have rated hundreds of cannabis strains as effective in alleviating symptoms of depression and anxiety. And your partner smokes weed every day. So, is he or she just enjoying themselves, or are they self-medicating a disease with the green?

Science Supports Using Marijuana for Mental Illness

Most people know that marijuana contains THC, which determines its strength. It is the chemical that gets you high and gives you the trademark calm, relaxed feeling of the drug. But there are other substances in cannabis, called cannabinoids, that react with cannabinoid receptors in your brain and body to produce medicinal effects capable of treating diseases from ALS to cancer, depression, seizures and rheumatoid arthritis. If smoking a little weed...

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