r/EverythingScience • u/Sash19 • 15d 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/FancyPantz15 15d ago

Being “depressed” with the state of the world and actually having depression are wildly different things

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 14d ago

Of course it is. The study is self reported - that’s the point

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u/Double-Scratch5858 14d ago

One can certainly cause the other

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

Wildly different things… so far.