It’s enough to scare parents worried about their kids getting wrapped up in the novelty of weed and then being carted off to a very dark place.
The next study is from the National Institute on Drug Abuse , which found that people who use cannabis are more likely to experience suicidal thoughts.
But it’s not as if the average, happy person is suddenly going full-blown depressive through the use of the herb.
Even though humanity could use some solid research to find out more about how cannabis reacts with the mentally ill, the fact is currently available data isn’t stopping legalization from happening all over the U.S.
“Most people who use cannabis are not suicidal, and most people who have attempted suicide may not have used cannabis, so cannabis is neither necessary nor sufficient to ‘cause’ suicide or mood disorders,” Dr.
To make those kinds of opportunities more available, however, the federal government must make changes to the Schedule I classification of the cannabis plant — downgrading it to a Schedule II.
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