Posted by linkadge on August 1, 2009, at 16:27:09
In reply to Re: Marijuana for depression/anxiety,good or bad idea?, posted by morganpmiller on July 31, 2009, at 21:53:26
>There is evidence that without any triggers and >given the right environment, many people >predisposed to schizophrenia may never have a >psychotic break.
That statement makes no sence for a variety of reasons. You are basically saying that people with a predisposition to schizophrenia who never got schizophrenia did so because they avoided certain environmental triggers. This is a nonsensicle and inherently unprovable statement.
>Marijuana is NOT good for you. If you don't have >a need to treat pain related to cancer, HIV, or >some other issue, you will not benefit in any >way from marijuana.Again, these are bold statements that make absolutely no consideration for the individual circumstances and factors that are affecting people's lives. There are many people who use marijuanna for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder etc. Some have used conventional treatments and can make direct comparisons. These patients would claim they do infact benefit from it, and unfortunatley your belief that they do not beneifit is an opinion, no more or less valuble than my own. I would recomend some of the scientific abstracts provided on the following site:
http://cannabis.net/refs/index.html
>It has not nutritional value and it does nothing >to help heal the brain after suffering from >depression/anxiety.
That may not be true. Marijuanna has profound effects on the HPA axis. It can dramatically reduce cortisol secretion, increase melatonin synthesis, restore appetite and sleep in certain patients. Certain cannabanoid constituents of marijuanna also appear to have potent neurotrophic effects see:
http://cannabis.net/neogenesis/index.html
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