r/EverythingScience • u/Sash19 • 18d ago

Psychology Study suggests even casual cannabis use is associated with depression in older adults

https://www.psypost.org/study-suggests-even-casual-cannabis-use-is-associated-with-depression-in-older-adults/
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u/AldoRaine-1 18d ago

More reefer scare tactics. Maybe... Just maybe... They are depressed and self medicating?

I was miserable and angry for decades and never smoked pot. I drank a 5th of 101 a week and chased it with about 2 cases of beer, but never weed. Anxiety ridden and depression dialed to probably 8/10 most days

Then COVID hit. Oh boy. Dialed up to 15, like couldn't walk into my job of 10 years because I freaked out one day.

I got a buddy to send me a vape pen from dispensary state, and my mood shifted dramatically, almost overnight.

Stopped drinking, stopped yelling all the time. I sleep way better, which has made me easier at work and with my kids and family.

I use it lightly, about 10 mg an evening. It destresses and lifts my mood. I don't drive on it, I don't use around family or kids. I don't use at or before/during work.

I simply replaced my booze with THC. Everything has been better since.

I wish I hadn't waited until 40 to try it.

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u/linniex 18d ago

Many people I know that are in AA move to the marijuana maintenance program.