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In unrelated news, doctors announced unprecedented drops in the number of 20-40 year olds suffering from migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, depressio
by trotsky 14y ago
In unrelated news, doctors announced unprecedented drops in the number of 20-40 year olds suffering from migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, depression and insomnia.
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- gwillen 14y agoI think the joke is that people are claiming to have depression etc. in order to get "medicinal" marijuana.
- moistgorilla 14y agolol, that went completely over my head.
- chimeracoder 14y agoI interpreted it the other way, as all of those (except for depression) are symptomatic concerns, and marijuana is excellent at treating those symptoms!
- cyscott 14y agohttp://www.leafly.com/explore#/Depression http://www.leafly.com/explore#/Depression
- quest88 14y agoHoly shit. Really?
- moistgorilla 14y agoI just never heard that it helped with that, that's all. I'm not trying to imply that he's wrong I just want to read whatever paper claims so for myself.
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- quest88 14y agoIt was a joke.
- scythe 14y agoSo the thing about depression is that there are a lot of different things that could cause it. In some cases, marijuana consumption, usually low-level regular consumption, seems to alleviate depression and even social anxiety (despite marijuana's ostensibly anxiogenic effects); in others it may be of no benefit. My understanding is that doctors like to prescribe marijuana to treat depression in those patients where a benefit is seen mostly because it seems to be safer, cheaper, and to have fewer side effects than other available antidepressants.
- quest88 14y agoThe thing about a joke is it's not supposed to be taken seriously.
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