Roughly 15 million Americans suffer from depression.\u00a0Anyone who lives with depression knows that it’s not something that you can just shake off. It’s a disease that affects a person not only mentally, but emotionally and physically as well. It can be managed, but it requires treatment.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this\u00a0often\u00a0entails taking one or more pharmaceutical drugs with potentially undesirable side effects.<\/p>\n
Many cannabis users who have depression will attest that pot has been a godsend in alleviating some of the symptoms of an often debilitating disease.<\/p>\n
These \u00a0symptoms can include: sadness for no reason, fatigue, loss of interest in activities, trouble sleeping or sleeping too much, changes in appetite, apathy and suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n
According to Dr. Daniel Hall-Flavin, “Marijuana use and depression accompany each other more often than you might expect by chance, but there’s no clear evidence that marijuana directly causes depression.”<\/p>\n
In a recent article entitled,\u00a0Is Medical Marijuana an Effective Treatment for Depression, Bipolar Disorders, Anxiety, and Similar Mood Disorders?<\/a>\u00a0(from the site Procon.org) several experts weighed in the issue.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n