Can cannabis treat anxiety? It’s complicated

any cannabis users and businesses are invested in the idea of cannabis as an anxiety treatment. The position invites skepticism: marijuana companies have a financial interest in promoting a maximalist view of the drug’s benefits, and in patients it can look like a rationalization for excessive use.

HIGHLIGHTS

• As with other health conditions, the available research is inconclusive and limited due to decades-old restrictions on medical marijuana research.
• One of the first things to keep in mind, he said, was the difference between anxiety and stress.
• But for some whose mood states and professional lives revolve around cannabis, more research isn’t necessary.

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