Cannabis and Mental Health

Can cannabis be used to treat depression and anxiety? Does cannabis use cause depression anxiety? The news stories often seem to conflict, but what does the research actually say about the relationship between cannabis use, mental health, and mental illness? In this exclusive talk for Jefferson, Textile, and Philadelphia University alumni, Brooke Worster, MD, FACP, program director of Medical Cannabis Science and Business in the Institute of Emerging Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson University, discusses what we know, what we don’t know, and what we hope to learn through research taking place at Jefferson.