Re: Re: I confess to being a pothead

[Guest guest]

Is there some evidence that suggests that pot contributes to depression?

Yes. Pot is one of those drugs that tends to magnify the mood one brings to it. Some people have acute anxiety and even psychotic episodes using pot, if they are in "a bad place" when they use it.

DRCNet.org, which is pro-legalization, has tons of info supporting this fact in its library.

--Mona--

[Guest guest]

Is there some evidence that suggests that pot contributes to depression?

Yes. Pot is one of those drugs that tends to magnify the mood one brings to it. Some people have acute anxiety and even psychotic episodes using pot, if they are in "a bad place" when they use it.

DRCNet.org, which is pro-legalization, has tons of info supporting this fact in its library.

--Mona--

[Guest guest]

Is there some evidence that suggests that pot contributes to depression?

Yes. Pot is one of those drugs that tends to magnify the mood one brings to it. Some people have acute anxiety and even psychotic episodes using pot, if they are in "a bad place" when they use it.

DRCNet.org, which is pro-legalization, has tons of info supporting this fact in its library.

--Mona--

[Guest guest]

Marijuana used to make me paranoid when I smoked it sometimes.

Re: Re: I confess to being a pothead

Is there some evidence that suggests that pot contributes to depression? Yes. Pot is one of those drugs that tends to magnify the mood one brings to it. Some people have acute anxiety and even psychotic episodes using pot, if they are in "a bad place" when they use it. DRCNet.org, which is pro-legalization, has tons of info supporting this fact in its library. --Mona--

[Guest guest]

Could you be more specific? I went looking for the 'tons of info' and found nothing that supports your claim that MJ "magnifies the mood one brings to it." The "acute anxiety" that occurs is generally attributed merely to the unfamiliarity of the experience, and the "psychotic episodes" are characterized as (a) extremely rare and ( not really psychotic.

In any case, neither of these alleged effects is relevant to the contribution of regular marihuana use to long-term depression. They are both transitory characteristics of the drugged state. And it seems to me that folks who find that MJ makes them more depressed or acutely anxious are not likely to become regular users anyhow :-)

What I found on the DRCNet.org site was a lot of material from credible sources supporting the harmlessness of marihuana. E. g., a Norman Zinberg article (Psychology Today, 1976) that surveys a bunch or research, claims, and counterclaims concludes that MJ is "among the least toxic drugs known to modern medicine." A Harvard Medical School Mental Health Letter (Nov. '87) finds that the claims of harmfulness to physical or mental health are all unproven or refuted, with a couple of unsurprising exceptions (e. g. damage to bronchial cells in hashish smokers.)

--wally

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From: MonaHolland@...

Is there some evidence that suggests that pot contributes to depression? Yes. Pot is one of those drugs that tends to magnify the mood one brings to it. Some people have acute anxiety and even psychotic episodes using pot, if they are in "a bad place" when they use it. DRCNet.org, which is pro-legalization, has tons of info supporting this fact in its library. --Mona--

[Guest guest]

What I found on the DRCNet.org site was a lot of material from credible sources supporting the harmlessness of marihuana. E. g., a Norman Zinberg article (Psychology Today, 1976) that surveys a bunch or research, claims, and counterclaims concludes that MJ is "among the least toxic drugs known to modern medicine." A Harvard Medical School Mental Health Letter (Nov. '87) finds that the claims of harmfulness to physical or mental health are all unproven or refuted, with a couple of unsurprising exceptions (e. g. damage to bronchial cells in hashish smokers.)

Yes, MJ is relatively harmless. I know I read several articles at DRCNet that stated the mood one brings to pot useage can determine the effects it induces, and that depressed people could do well to avoid it. But I've read so many pieces there I would never remember which article(s) they were, because I've never been reading with that particular point in mind. (I usually read in the context of supporting legalization.)

--Mona--

[Guest guest]

What I found on the DRCNet.org site was a lot of material from credible sources supporting the harmlessness of marihuana. E. g., a Norman Zinberg article (Psychology Today, 1976) that surveys a bunch or research, claims, and counterclaims concludes that MJ is "among the least toxic drugs known to modern medicine." A Harvard Medical School Mental Health Letter (Nov. '87) finds that the claims of harmfulness to physical or mental health are all unproven or refuted, with a couple of unsurprising exceptions (e. g. damage to bronchial cells in hashish smokers.)

Yes, MJ is relatively harmless. I know I read several articles at DRCNet that stated the mood one brings to pot useage can determine the effects it induces, and that depressed people could do well to avoid it. But I've read so many pieces there I would never remember which article(s) they were, because I've never been reading with that particular point in mind. (I usually read in the context of supporting legalization.)

--Mona--

[Guest guest]

What I found on the DRCNet.org site was a lot of material from credible sources supporting the harmlessness of marihuana. E. g., a Norman Zinberg article (Psychology Today, 1976) that surveys a bunch or research, claims, and counterclaims concludes that MJ is "among the least toxic drugs known to modern medicine." A Harvard Medical School Mental Health Letter (Nov. '87) finds that the claims of harmfulness to physical or mental health are all unproven or refuted, with a couple of unsurprising exceptions (e. g. damage to bronchial cells in hashish smokers.)

Yes, MJ is relatively harmless. I know I read several articles at DRCNet that stated the mood one brings to pot useage can determine the effects it induces, and that depressed people could do well to avoid it. But I've read so many pieces there I would never remember which article(s) they were, because I've never been reading with that particular point in mind. (I usually read in the context of supporting legalization.)

--Mona--