Potent Cannabis raises risk of anxiety and addiction, study shows

Are you sure the person was predisposed and found weed to cure his deposition at least for awhile?

Indeed

Earlier this week I was in terrible pain. Wouldn't have made it if it wasn't for medical marijuana. Nothing works better for my pain.

I think weed is habit forming but never smoked it long enough to find out otherwise and it was easy to stop at anytime.

but my fears always revolved around what they dust it with.

Today’s high potency weed raises risk of anxiety and addiction, study says

If you’re thinking of returning to the weed of your youth to ease the strain of the pandemic, you will soon discover a potent truth — today’s weed is nothing like yesterday’s.

Use of weed of any strength has been linked to mental health disorders, and lab experiments have shown that higher does of THC can cause greater memory impairment and temporary psychotic-like symptoms. But few studies have examined how potency levels may affect behavior in real-world populations.

A new study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, surveyed more than 1,000 UK residents who reported marijuana use in the past year. The study found high-potency weed users appear to have a significant increase in the likelihood of developing generalized anxiety disorder than those who smoke less robust strains of marijuana.

In addition, high-potency weed users are more likely to use weed at least once a week, twice as likely to have used illicit drugs within the past 12 months, and more than three times as likely to be tobacco smokers, according to the study which was published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

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The study:

Users of high-potency cannabis four times more likely to report associated problems

Users of high-potency cannabis are four times more likely to report associated problems, and twice as likely to report anxiety disorder, than users of lower-potency strains, according to new research from the University of Bristol.

[link to www.bristol.ac.uk]

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To the OP
What you your thoughts on super low THC cannabis, like Hemp, and consuming extracts where the THC is well below .05%, where normal street weed could be as high as 30-40% THC.

Thanks

Working mom here middle aged

Use it every evening vaping

Helps me a lot. Doc prescribed me Xanax and I use it instead . It’s safer than a benzo

I bet we will laugh about this in future like the prohibition

Try again. Just finished year 36 of nothing but the best of the best. I have oils, patches, shake pens, gummies, paste, salve, Lolipops, jolly rancher infused, meat rubs, salad dressings and my favy, flower. Year 37 shaping up to be the best.

So the less potent Mexican swag is safer....