How Might Medicinal Marijuana Affect Soldiers With PTSD?
Psychiatric disorders are under-reported illnesses that affect the quality of life for the suffering patient. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a subse...
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Endocannabinoid Manipulation: A New Frontier in Psychotherapy
Last Monday in class we read an article detailing the research of the use of endocannabinoids in the treatment of certain psychiatric disorders. Before we begi...
Marijuana as a treatment for eating disorders?
There is a great deal of stigmatism about weight in the United States. While there is some media about self-acceptance and building confidence we constantly enc...
Queen Victoria Smoked Marijuana… to Relieve Cramps
Marijuana has been at the forefront of news headlines since Proposition 215, which made medical marijuana legal in California, was passed in 1996. However, mari...
The Ambiguous Line
In today’s world of scientific technology and intelligence, where the information we gain on a daily basis increases our human knowledge exponentially, the ques...
A Glimmer of Hope for those with Mental Illness
We have all heard it on the news both sides of the story concerning legalizing marijuana for recreational or just pure medical use, and up until recently I had ...
Can medicinal marijuana be replaced?
There are many distinct mood disorders troubling society today given our increasingly busy and stressful lifestyles. Research over the years has given more and ...
Marijuana: Oh the Possibilities
So let’s not beat around the bush here: a significant number of people – not only in America but around the world – have tried or habitually done marijuana some...
Cannabis, Depression, and You
Depression is a serious psychological disorder that affects millions of Americans. I am one of those millions. Around the time I entered second grade, a psychol...
Capstone Closing Comments
This semester has been full of information that would make most people’s heads spin! Some of the material could be so dense at times that reading it three...