And among the 54% of respondents who said they had ever used cannabis, 41% of them said they consumed cannabis to reduce anxiety. When Salcedo talks with patients about what their anxiety was like before cannabis, she said they usually report that their anxiety is unchanged. In one study published in 2022, researchers affiliated with Harvest Medicine, a chain of cannabis clinics and a telehealth service in Canada, found that people using medical cannabis for anxiety saw clinically significant improvement on a measure of anxiety. In some surveys, cannabis users have reported that they have felt relief from anxiety symptoms after consuming cannabis. There is some evidence that cannabidiol, or CBD, which is a nonintoxicating substance derived from cannabis, may relieve anxiety symptoms.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 26, 2023 16:24 UTC