Cannabis: an allied against anxiety, depression and stress

Legal cannabis in Italy

In recent years the debate on cannabis has been increasingly heated, especially on legal cannabis. Today, even in Italy it is possible to buy Cannabis Online and at authorized dealers. Legal cannabis sees cannabidiol (CBD) as its main component . It generally constitutes 40% of the total extract and is the most sought-after active ingredient by users of these products. In fact, consumers are not looking for the psychoactive effect usually returned by cannabis with large amounts of THC, but rather a relaxing condition.

But in addition to the purely playful use, and the relaxing effect, CBD offers many healing properties and first of all is to combat the symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress.

From Washington State University ‘s Pullman study

A team of researchers from Pullman University wanted to demonstrate the ability of cannabis to alleviate the ” disorders ” related to the symptoms of anxiety, stress, panic and discontent. Unfortunately, these moods are the same ones most of us struggle with on a daily basis.

The study was carried out on a sample of approx . 1,400 people suffering from these disorders. The selected sample had to make use of cannabis and then answered a series of questions on an App that allowed him to quantify, on a scale from 1 to 10, their moods. In this case we speak of “naturalistic examination”. This methodology allowed the researchers to observe the responses of the participants in real life and not in the closed spaces of laboratories or clinics.

The answers compared were more than 12,000 and a certainty emerged. The use of high CBD and low THC cannabis has proven significantly effective in reducing the conditions of depression, anxiety and stress. After cannabis use, patients experienced a 50% decrease in depression and a 58% decrease in anxiety and stress. Legal cannabis, therefore that with a high CBD content and low THC, is more effective against depression. The one with high amounts of both CBD and THC is more effective against stress.

From the study of the University of San Paolo

Again the researchers are leaning to an application for smartphones , especially ” Releaf App “. This App allowed to monitor the effects caused by the different quantities and phenotypes of cannabis.

This less impressive study was conducted on 27 volunteers, in this case “healthy”, who received 300mg of CBD thirty minutes before the test was recorded.

Also from these results it emerged that CBD can be used successfully to treat the symptoms of anxiety and depression, and (be careful!) Without altering the normal sleep cycle of patients. This is the fundamental point, cannabis, in fact, allows to obtain the same results expected by drugs such as anxiolytics or antidepressants but excluding all the side effects that these entail. Anxiolytics and antidepressants are like sedatives for the nervous system. In fact, rather than healing the ailment, they suppress it momentarily. In addition, it is important to point out that these drugs can help in the first period, but if the cure goes too long, there is a risk of increasing the vulnerability to relapse at the time of discontinuation.

So the answer is yes …

Cannabis is an efficient ally against depression, anxiety and stress. This makes us understand how technology is changing the cannabis sector today, bringing it to a scientific level never seen before.

Too many consumers rely on the false myth that the higher the THC content, the better. These studies, on the other hand, show that CBD is also a determining component and that allows to enhance what are the positive effects of THC, and nullifies its negative effects.

In this sense, the popularity that legal cannabis is assuming in many countries, including Italy, is illuminating because it allows us to fight what we could define as the evil of the 21st century: anxiety.

Our generations live a life that looks more like an obstacle course and we never have time to stop and think, reflect, which inevitably causes us anxiety and stress. Legal cannabis therefore gives us a chance to escape and relax in complete safety.