Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal psychoactive substance in the world and, on the other hand, suicide is a serious public health problem. Every year almost 1 million people take their own life and there are many more people who attempt suicide.
Latest studies suggests that cannabis use is an independent risk factor for suicide attempt. Suicide prevention programs should consider reducing cannabis use; this should be particularly important in those psychiatric patients with other risk factors for suicide.
What do you think about ir?
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Dear cannabis can be an independent risk factor of suicide attempt because of the effect on the brain of the consumer and resultant effect on the psyche of the person.
A recent study found a correlation between cannabis use and suicide mainly in individuals with schizoaffective and mood disorders. It may be due to precipatation of psychosis during heavy use.
Cannabis is not a risk factor for suicide. A person who is under the pressure of suicide may try to get salvation in the use of hemp. But hemp is not a suicide factor. Suicide is a consequence of the accumulation of a deficiency of neurotransmitters. Deficiency of neurotransmitters leads to suicide. Deficiency occurs as a result of certain violations. Hemp, like ketamine, is an attempt to harmonize the balance of neurotransmitters. Hemp can regulate this balance for some time, but this balance is not stable and is temporary. Then comes the restoration of negative trends. Depression is the result of specific processes that are present in the life of a person and which a person does not control in 99% of cases due to a lack of understanding of these processes or ignoring these processes.
Dear Ana,
Young people experiment with all kinds of drugs in Sweden and in Finland they have been sniffing glue. Not necessary with the intention to commit suicide.
I would say it depends on the individual just as alcohol could be a factor.
Many recent studies have mentioned cannabis and marijuana as a suicidal risk factor :
Article Can Cannabis Increase the Suicide Risk in Psychosis? A Critical Review
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20190213/teen-pot-use-linked-to-later-suicide-risk#1
https://www.newsweek.com/marijuana-risk-depression-suicide-teenagers-study-1329924
"Not only were those who smoked marijuana more likely to suffer depression and suicidal thoughts, they were also more than three times as likely to attempt suicide between the ages of 18 and 32 "
The main psychoactive part of the cannabis is tetrahydro cannabinon , one of the 483 known compound in the plant, including 65 other cannabinoids.
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