Now That It's Somewhat Legal, Downsides Widely Reported

[Ben Zonia]

Marijuana use linked to Depression and Suicide in teens, Columbia University Medical School reports.

https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news ... e-outcomes

[TC Talks]

People who suffer with depression often self medicate. That's been know for years. Cannabis is not the cause for the depression and causation was not established. Marijuana is being used to treat some mental illness, successfully.

However, this is important and I agree that cannabis is not good for developing brains...

Numerous studies note that cannabis use can alter the development of the cerebral cortex, the brain’s center of reasoning and executive function, posing a risk to young people whose brains have not matured. Marijuana use in adolescence is associated with difficulty thinking, problem-solving, and reduced memory, as well as a risk of long-term addiction.

“Exposing developing brains to dependency forming substances appears to prime the brain for being more susceptible to developing other forms of addiction later in life,” said senior study author Frances R Levin, MD, Kennedy-Leavy Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia and addiction psychiatrist, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.