Can Marijuana Cause Depression?
The rising rates of cannabis use and mental health problems have prompted detailed research and discussion whether marijuana use contributes to psychosis. Although extensive studies have focused on severe mental health disorders, like schizophrenia, there is also discussion whether marijuana use is a contributory cause of other common psychotic disorders. Can marijuana cause depression or anxiety? It’s possible that marijuana could lead to depression in some vulnerable people, but casual or heavy consumption of marijuana might also increase your risk for developing the disorder.
Can Marijuana Cause Depression?
Pro’s and Con’s
Cannabis use and depression sometimes will accompany each other, and it happens more
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• Schizophrenia is a psychosis
Psychosis refers to a severe mental disorder in which emotions and thought are so impaired that people suffering from psychosis loses touch with reality. Schizophrenia is a long term mental disorder that involves a breakdown in the relation between the emotions, thoughts, and behaviors of a person, that results in faulty perceptions, inappropriate feelings and actions, accentuated by delusions and hallucinations.
• Psychotic episodes
It has been reported that people who smoke or ingest a high concentration of the active ingredient in cannabis have been experiencing psychotic episodes. Although the symptoms are rare and often frightening, they typically subside over a short period of time. However, there are also reports that shows marijuana use causes the symptoms of people who are predisposed to psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia to worsen.
• Will I develop a psychosis?
Medical experts agree that marijuana can cause schizophrenia, particularly in vulnerable young people. Many studies have found ingesting any form of cannabis during the adolescence years increases the risks of experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia as an adult. Research shows that marijuana ingestion could also trigger bouts of schizophrenia for people who are already predisposed to developing the disorder, although the connection has not been shown to be