'Cannabis' acts as antidepressant

BBC ^

[Nipplemancer]

dude, that's why i'm like, totally never sad. awesome.

[DC Bound]

rats given a cannabinoid were less anxious and less depressed

Right.

[USNBandit]

study showed rats given a cannabinoid were less anxious and less depressed

[freepatriot32]

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[308MBR]

Reckon what the market for Prozac-Elavil-Advantia et al would be if an American could step out in his back yard (or in a box on a window ledge) and grow some reefer?

"Partnership for a Drug Free America", sponsored by Annheuser/Busch, Jim Beam Distilleries, Merck, Bayer, Wyeth, etc and enforced using your tax dollars while taking manpower that would be better used in patrolling the borders and hunting suitcase nukes.

Pardon me if I missed the societal benefits inherent in letting the federal gummint stretch the Commerce Clause a few miles too far in the effort to buy votes.

[goonie4life9]

You know, I had to do research on Cannabis for a Health Psychology class. What is interesting is that researchers have consistently found that the higher levels of THC in modern day cannabis are strongly correlated to (and some researchers found was a cause of) a diagnosis of schizophrenia in the cannabis user.

[sagar]

THAT'S JUST AWESOME!!!

[Billthedrill]

In the Canadian study, rats given the cannabinoid were also found to be less anxious, and more willing to eat food in new environments - a change which would normally frighten them.

Poor little buggers got the munchies. Not a lot more to it than that.

I smoked pot for years and it didn't affect me at all. .lla ta em tceffa t'ndid ti dna sraey rof top dekoms I

Kreegah! Watch out for the giant purple lobsters!

[armymarinemom]

You know, I had to do research on Cannabis for a Health Psychology class. What is interesting is that researchers have consistently found that the higher levels of THC in modern day cannabis are strongly correlated to (and some researchers found was a cause of) a diagnosis of schizophrenia in the cannabis user.

Not a big surprise. What concerns me is that users are getting younger and younger. Just what does this do to a developing brain? After attending the protest in D.C. I think I have an answer.

[goonie4life9]

Yeah, it is scary. I don't think most people realize that the cannabis floating around today is not the cannabis of 20 years ago.

[moonpie57]

I smoked pot for years also and you are right about the munchies. Also, how can you be depressed when you are laughing your fanny off over the least little thing? I also remember being "on the nods", so it may also be good to help the poor rats sleep :)

[mc6809e]

Let's see how many conservatives are believers in freedom.

[mc6809e]

You know, I had to do research on Cannabis for a Health Psychology class. What is interesting is that researchers have consistently found that the higher levels of THC in modern day cannabis are strongly correlated to (and some researchers found was a cause of) a diagnosis of schizophrenia in the cannabis user.

Ah, but maybe they do it as a form of self-medication.

That would be just like Americans, wouldn't it?

[Not_Who_U_Think]

This just in:

Squirrels, under the influence, tend to play with their nuts rather than store them.

[DC Bound]

My comment was intended to question the notion that rats feel depressed, or that if they do, it can be measured.

[deltanine]

"Let's see how many conservatives are believers in freedom."

Not many apparently. I mean, come on, all those pot smokers are schizophrenics and don't deserve freedom.

Haven't you seen Reefer Madness?

[Mister Baredog]

a diagnosis of schizophrenia in the cannabis user.

I believe it's called "Reefer Madness". LOL.

[goonie4life9]

I understand that. It is a valid question. I was responding more to the researcher generalizations to humans.