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Old Mar 25, 2016, 05:44 PM
BudFox BudFox is offline
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Originally Posted by AncientMelody View Post

Daily marijuana use affects memory and motivation. How is that going to benefit someone with clinical depression?

Topical preparations...those can be really beneficial for people. Edibles have a place. Smoking a joint....that does plenty of damage to the lungs. So even if it is helping mental health it can affect physical health.
You can buy a vaporizer and use that in place of smoking. This reportedly eliminates most of the harmful effects of smoking, because there is no combustion.

Re: depression, seems to me there is no clear answer yet, but certainly some evidence that it helps. Example:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...tric-disorders