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"Poor-Man's Paradise' is a Good, Anti-Depressant!
Posted by FoM on August 30, 1999 at 19:30:30 PT
Letters To The Editor
Source: San Francisco Examiner 
During the recent controversies over medical marijuana prosecutions in Placer County, I have been surprised by the absence of depression from the list of serious diseases that marijuana helps. 
Several of my chiropractic patients tell me that antidepressant prescription drugs don't work nearly as well as marijuana, but these people still try to get by on the pharmaceuticals as much as possible because of their fear of getting arrested in herbally obsessed Placer County. A typical comment is, "Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft take five weeks to work and don't work very well. Marijuana takes five minutes to work and stops depression in its tracks." Like so many chiropractors, I'm not in favor of medicating only the few most awful, life-threatening depressions. Chiropractors view pain, emotional or physical, as a friend telling us what needs to be changed and motivating us to get moving. Drugs just cover up the problem, in this case a depressing life that needs changing. However, for those who don't or can't take the time, get to a counselor, spend the money, do the effort, feel the pain and change what must be changed, or for those who have just drawn some really bad cards in life's game of chance, depression can be a life-threatening illness. Those people should have available the cheapest and most effective antidepressant medication there is. For many, that is clearly marijuana. The Hindus didn't call it " poor-man's paradise " for nothing. H. Gordon Ainsleigh Meadow Vista LETTERS TO THE EDITORAug. 30, 1999 ©1999 San Francisco Examiner 
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Comment #2 posted by Ed Forchion on August 31, 1999 at 12:07:18 PT:
depression
He is 100% right I have used marijuana for most of my life. Depression is the onething it helped me with the most. I currently use it daily for depression and chronic pain. My current depression is - I'm facing 30 years in prison for conspiracy to posses marijuana. Read my story here. http://www.jersey.net/~njdevil
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Comment #1 posted by Rainbow on August 31, 1999 at 06:04:01 PT:
He is right
I use the medico zoloft and found that it helped but not completely. MMJ was tried and my family was completely impressed with the change in my outlook, the ability to do things and generally feel good.This is another reason why the drug companies do not want MMJ, it would eat into their profits. In addition to taking a long time to take effect it does some strange things to the mind, I can only discribe it as a rearrangement of the neural pathways. Also it takes many visits to get at the right amount to take. Since it is not easy to titrate it is not easy to figure out how much to take.I have no MMJ so I have to rely on zoloft, what a pity. But then I want to be with my fmily and not in a political prison in the USA.CheersRainbow
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