[Hemingway's Ghost]

I work as a Mental Health Counselor and that is not at all what we observe.

Could be because your sample is tainted, i.e., made up entirely of people who needed your services as a mental health counselor. If you think about it a bit, you might realize the type of people who might need mental health services might also be the same type of people who would self-medicate with recreational drugs like marijuana.

Ever think about that? Probably not . . .

[april15Bendovr]

“Could be because your sample is tainted, i.e., made up entirely of people who needed your services as a mental health counselor. If you think about it a bit, you might realize the type of people who might need mental health services might also be the same type of people who would self-medicate with recreational drugs like marijuana.”

Many people come to us self medicate but studies show that marijuana actually induces mental illness.

In our field this Lancet article is considered irrefutable.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17662880?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Cannabis use and risk of psychotic or affective mental health outcomes: a systematic review.