Legalizing cannabis may lower suicide rates, according to a new medical study

If you were to read the CDC guidelines on cannabis use – especially those related to mental health – you would think that cannabis is one of the worst drugs in the world. Let me illustrate my point by posting something directly from the CDC website;

Use of marijuana, especially frequently (daily or almost daily) and in high doses, can cause disorientation and sometimes uncomfortable thoughts or feelings of fear and paranoia

People who use marijuana are more likely to develop transient psychosis (not knowing what is real, hallucinations, and paranoia) and long-term mental disorders, including schizophrenia (a type of mental illness where people see or hear things that aren’t actually there.) ) .2 The association between marijuana and schizophrenia is stronger in people who start using marijuana at an earlier age and who use marijuana more frequently.

Marijuana use has also been linked to depression; social anxiety; and thoughts of suicide, attempted suicide, and suicide. – SOURCE CDC

As you can see, the very first point of the text is: “Use of marijuana, especially frequently and in high doses, can cause disorientation and sometimes uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. Right from the start, this statement has a negative connotation.

We know the government believes that using “illegal drugs” makes you “not of good moral standing,” however, throughout this CDC article, you will “sometimes” have uncomfortable thoughts or feelings of anxiety when you smoke marijuana . But “unpleasant thoughts and feelings” can also occur when you do not smoke – when you drink water, unpleasant thoughts or feelings of fear can sometimes occur.

This is because you are just alive – you can experience these things. I could keep going through the goofy explanations about cannabis, however – let’s see what recent studies suggest that are in direct contradiction to what the CDC said.

Cannabis and suicides

As we can see from the CDC’s statement, “marijuana has been associated with suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicide. However, new research shows us that the opposite is true.

One study found that legalizing cannabis reduced suicide cases in men between the ages of 40 and 49 by 6.29%.

We found that access to recreational marijuana was linked to a 6.29 percent reduction in suicide rates among men ages 40 to 49, but no other mental health outcomes were otherwise affected by the liberalization of marijuana laws.

This was done by the Cato Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Yale Law School, and the Reason Foundation. Here is a snippet of their conclusions.

“Adverse effects on mental health do not follow cannabis liberalization at the state level, which confirms the results [the 2013 study]“, The investigators found out. “In addition, there is evidence that access to recreational marijuana lowers suicide rates among middle-aged men.”

“The consumption of drugs, whether psychoactive or otherwise, has advantages as well as certain risks. Cannabis is no exception, ”as it was written on the Cato Institute blog. “Critics of marijuana legalization point to studies showing correlations between heavy cannabis use and suicide, depression and mental disorders. Such studies that demonstrate a correlation, however, have yet to confirm the causality, which should be determined by the predictive ability of a model. “

“We suggest that concerns about the correlation between marijuana use and depression should not undermine state or federal efforts to decriminalize or legalize cannabis as the medical and recreational use of marijuana becomes more widespread and widespread,” they continued. “Indeed, legalization will have the beneficial effect of allowing more rigorous research into the wider benefits and possible other potential harms of long-term marijuana use – now prevented by a federal ban – and promoting safer use.”

In other words, the statement on the CDC website is actually wrong – which challenges many of their other claims about cannabis and drugs in general.

Cannabis reduces depression, anxiety, and improves sleep

A recent study also found that cannabis tended to reduce depression in general. This is especially true for products that are high in CBD. An article in Forbes Magazine outlined more of the study, but for brevity I’ll publish the key data points;

“Medicinal cannabis products, especially those high in CBD, can help treat symptoms of depression, improve sleep, and improve the quality of life,” said Martin. “There is also evidence that medical cannabis can relieve symptoms of anxiety, especially when given over a long period of time, but this is less clear from our results and warrants further study.”

The study looked at both cannabis users and non-cannabis users and found that cannabis was overall beneficial to users, and many said that using these products helped them reduce their depression. Anxiety is still a little unclear, but it’s obvious that cannabis can actually reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. This is important as these symptoms are often associated with people who commit suicide. So by reducing these symptoms, the chances of suicide also decrease – as found in the first study I cited.

Where is that for us?

This brings us back to the CDC, which claims that the exact opposite is the case. The reason is because agencies like the CDC and FDA are supposed to “follow the science” – but we can see on their websites that they are not. They follow political consensus as opposed to empirical evidence.

If they’re skewed into something as benign as cannabis, we wonder what else could they be wrong with. We know the war on drugs was founded on misinformation, and we know that there are multiple political interests in keeping it alive.

Do you think that political prejudices make it difficult for scientific institutions to build trust in these organizations? Did Cannabis Help You With Depression and Anxiety? Let me know in the comment section.

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