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Re: Marijuana as a Medication in Depress and Anxiety

Posted by linkadge on August 17, 2010, at 20:09:50

In reply to Re: Marijuana as a Medication in Depress and Anxiety, posted by Phillipa on August 17, 2010, at 19:12:16

The substance cannabidol (or was it cannabinol) actually has potent *antipsychotic* effects. In animal models it counteracts the schizophrenogenic effects of ketamine and/or high dose amphetamine. Interstingly, it is devoid of the adverse motor effects of traditional antipsychotics.

Could it be that schizophrenics were initially exposed to stuff with high cannabidol content - and actually experienced improvement in psychotic state?

I remember reading about studies which suggested it was the THC / cannabidol ratio which was a predictor of the adverse effects people experienced with marijuanna. The THC will give you the "high", but other constituents are perhaps what draws psychiaric patients to it.



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