{"id":278,"date":"2023-01-11T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=278"},"modified":"2023-01-11T17:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T17:37:13","slug":"is-cannabis-the-cure-to-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Is Cannabis the Cure to Depression?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cannabis may help treat adult patients who struggle with depression. In June 2020, a small study on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7309674\/\">effects of cannabis on depression<\/a>&nbsp;was published by Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. Participants self-reported through the RealLeafAp\u2122 to share their experience in using the flowering plant during a depressive episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study demonstrated that the cannabis flowering plant may be effective in alleviating depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study was conducted over a 30-day period with 1819 persons involved. The participants participated in 5,876 sessions where depression and the cannabis flower was administered, and reported its effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 95 percent felt better, with minimal side effects within 2-hours or less. Side effects included feeling unmotivated, but the short term benefits were significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The type of cannabis used in the study included indica and sativa; however, the participants did not report any differences in outcomes when using indica or sativa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CBD, when analyzed against the effects of THC use did not demonstrate the same effect in reducing depression.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5996511\/\">Cannabis users are less likely to commit suicide<\/a>. However, other studies have shown long-term use of cannabis among individuals can come with behavioral risks such as addiction, poor judgment or risk-taking behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, cannabis is not used to treat depression, but this study demonstrates that more research should be considered to explore its long-term effectiveness in treating mild or chronic depression in patients. It may be essential to explore how to avoid dependency and the negative side-effects of long-term cannabis use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabis may help treat adult patients who struggle with depression. In June 2020, a small study on the&nbsp;effects of cannabis on depression&nbsp;was published by Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. Participants self-reported through the RealLeafAp\u2122 to share their experience in using the flowering plant during a depressive episode. The study demonstrated that the cannabis flowering plant may be effective in alleviating depressive symptoms. The study was conducted over a 30-day period with 1819 persons involved. The participants participated in 5,876 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cbd-essential-oils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}