Cannabis May Decrease Fear and Emotional Reactions in Veterans with PTSD


Drug abuse researchers were surprised at the outcome of their latest findings regarding cannabis use disorders in veterans with PTSD. Previous research has shown that veterans with PTSD use cannabis more cannabis than veterans without PTSDCannabis use is generally classified as a substance use disorder (SUD) or marijuana use disorder for NIDA studies. The NIDA study makes no distinction between legally accessed medical cannabis with a doctor’s supervision and medicine obtained from the black-market. This report makes no distinction between marijuana use disorder that is the result of a court order or voluntary therapy.

The participants of the new study consisted of 202 patients currently admitted to a residential SUD treatment facility with and without PTSD. Participants were administered diagnostic interviews that assessed subjective (measured as “negative affect”) and biological (cortisol levels) reactivity to a personalized trauma...

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