The path of depression is furnished with cannabis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cannabis drug use among adolescents increases the risk of depression and suicidal behavior in adulthood, according to a recent international study.
The study was conducted by researchers from the research institute of the McGill University Health Center, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and Rutgers University, in the last one. issue of the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
To achieve the results of the study, the team followed 23,731 participants, monitored the cannabis use of their teenagers and followed them after the age of 25 years.
The researchers found that cannabis abuse could have adverse effects on mental health, even in adolescents who had not reported depressive symptoms before the start of treatment.
The team discovered that cannabis abuse in adolescence increases the risk of depression and mood disorders in the brain, which is still developing until the age of 25.
"The study indicates that the diagnosis of depression in approximately 7% of Canadians and Americans aged 18 to 30 is due to hashish, which means that 25,000 young Canadians and 400,000 Americans suffer from depression related to consumption, "said Dr. Gabriella Gobi of McGill University. Cannabis before puberty ".