In this SciCafe, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth research scientist Jacob Borodovsky shares the good and bad news about the complexity of cannabis: it holds much promise as a potential medicine for many ailments, but there is a gap between the hype and the evidence-based research supporting the hype.
This gap is a particular concern with respect to the topic of mental health. Cannabis has been touted in popular media as an effective treatment for a variety of psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, psychosis, and addiction. Borodovsky will discuss why cannabis cannot be pigeonholed as strictly helpful or harmful.
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