Consuming weed can offer immediate relief of depression symptoms

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Researchers sought to explore the real-time effects of consuming flower as a treatment for depression symptoms. Weed use corresponded to increased depression in as much as 20 per cent of consumers. / Photo: HighGradeRoots / iStock / Getty Images Plus Of course, the picture was not completely rosy. The lion’s share of people with symptoms of depression who consumed common and commercially available cannabis to cope reported anti-depressant effects, at least in the short term, notes a new study out of the United States. Subscribe to the Cannabis Post newsletter for weekly insights into the industry, what insiders will be talking about and content from across the Postmedia Network. Want to keep up to date on what’s happening in the world of cannabis?

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The lion’s share of people with symptoms of depression who consumed common and commercially available cannabis to cope reported anti-depressant effects, at least in the short term, notes a new study out of the United States.

In fact, “95.8 per cent of users experienced symptom relief following consumption with an average symptom intensity reduction of -3.76 points on a 0-10 visual analogue scale,” reports the study published last month in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.

Researchers sought to explore the real-time effects of consuming flower as a treatment...

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