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Marijuana Treats Anxiety Disorders
- From Amer Alliance for Med Cannabis
By American Alliance for Medical Cannabis - Compassion, Healing, Education
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WORKS
Works for me that is all the proof I need I am a free grown American citizen and this is my choice. Stop the FEDS!!
- Cherokee Fred hussein October 9, 2008 9:54AM
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I have anxiety and self-medicate
I use marijuana to deal with my anxiety; it allows me to get into a calm state of mind that I have difficulty achieving without some assistance (hence my anxiety "disorder"). The downside of using marijuana for this purpose is the side effects; the following day I feel slightly less motivated and a little hazy. However, in moderation the drug is helpful to me for relaxation and calmness. I have taken up yoga, and hope to eventually be able to achieve a similarly calm state of mind without the drugs.
- veradicere
January 5, 2009 11:22AM
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quote marks?
I'm a bit troubled by the quote marks around the word 'disorder'. If you are saying that you have an anxiety disorder, and this works as well as SSRIs or SNRIs to alleviate your symptoms then that is one thing- but if you have do not have an anxiety disorder, and are simply suggesting that marijuana can relieve stress, then that does not support the notion that it is a medicine. Rather it supports that it is of value recreationally - just as people can relieve stress after work with a beer or a martini.
Anxiety disorders are illnesses. I have had a relative involuntarily hospitalized for an anxiety disorder and know a couple whose son committed suicide after years of struggling with his disorder. Actual treatments which can help in these circumstances are welcome, but I know of no credible sources which have found that marijuana qualifies.
- ockraz
January 31, 2009 8:10AM
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