{"id":1568,"date":"2012-02-23T09:14:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T09:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=12357"},"modified":"2012-02-23T09:14:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T09:14:29","slug":"study-shows-medical-marijuana-states-have-reduced-suicides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/study-shows-medical-marijuana-states-have-reduced-suicides\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Shows Medical Marijuana States have Reduced Suicides"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/study-shows-medical-marijuana-states-have-reduced-suicides\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"marijuana\" title=\"marijuana\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12359\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/study-shows-medical-marijuana-states-have-reduced-suicides\/attachment\/marijuana\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>As study after study confirms the medicinal qualities of marijuana, we should probably stop being surprised.\u00a0 However, there are times when new benefits are discovered that are so groundbreaking, even advocates have to take a step back and breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<p>While many medical marijuana advocates focus on physical pain relief from HIV\/AIDS, cancer treatments, MS, Nausea, and chronic pain, the psyche also benefits greatly from cannabis.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2011\/09\/marijuana_could_prevent_ptsd_symptoms_medical_stud.php\" target=\"_blank\">New research<\/a> has demonstrated a link between<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/PMH0001923\/\" target=\"_blank\"> PTSD<\/a> relief and marijuana use as many returning soldiers say it is the only way they can relieve their symptoms.\u00a0 \u00a0Now it appears another significant link between the psyche and marijuana has been discovered.\u00a0 According to a research paper entitled \u201cHigh on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide\u201d, states that have legalized marijuana have seen a significant drop in suicides.\u00a0 The paper was written by D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees, and Joseph J. Sabia.<\/p>\n<p>The paper analyzed data from 1990-2007 and found an overall reduction by 5% in overall suicides.\u00a0 Males aged 20-29 saw an 11% drop in suicides.\u00a0 In states that do not permit legalized marijuana, suicide rates actually rose during this time period.\u00a0 While suicide does not garner the attention of many other causes of death, it is the 10<sup>th<\/sup> leading cause of death in the United States.\u00a0 The authors mentioned above believe that legalizing marijuana may \u201clead to an improvement in the psychological well-being of young adult males, an improvement that is reflected in fewer suicides.\u201d They also went on to say \u201cThe strong association between alcohol consumption and suicide-related outcomes found by previous researchers raises the possibility that medical marijuana laws reduce the risk of suicide by decreasing alcohol consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While lawmakers still drag their feet and state that marijuana is extremely dangerous, advocates are concentrating on how we can treat the a top ten leading cause of death in the United States.\u00a0 While this may sound na\u00efve in this day and age, we are expected to look up to our government officials.\u00a0 How can we do that?\u00a0 How can we seek help from those who will not even pass a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/02\/09\/146657522\/insider-trading-bill-aimed-at-congress-passes-house\" target=\"_blank\">congressional insider trading bill<\/a>, or allow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/pacs\/superpacs.php\" target=\"_blank\">Super Pacs <\/a>to influence an election.\u00a0 For the time being, both physical and mental relief are in direct violation of federal law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.iza.org\/dp6280.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.iza.org\/dp6280.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">For the full research paper including additional statistics from the study click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"marijuana\" title=\"marijuana\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-12359\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/study-shows-medical-marijuana-states-have-reduced-suicides\/attachment\/marijuana\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/marijuana-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>As study after study confirms the medicinal qualities of marijuana, we should probably stop being surprised.\u00a0 However, there are times when new benefits are discovered that are so groundbreaking, even advocates have to take a step back and breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<p>While many medical marijuana advocates focus on physical pain relief from HIV\/AIDS, cancer treatments, MS, Nausea, and chronic pain, the psyche also benefits greatly from cannabis.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tokeofthetown.com\/2011\/09\/marijuana_could_prevent_ptsd_symptoms_medical_stud.php\" target=\"_blank\">New research<\/a> has demonstrated a link between<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/PMH0001923\/\" target=\"_blank\"> PTSD<\/a> relief and marijuana use as many returning soldiers say it is the only way they can relieve their symptoms.\u00a0 \u00a0Now it appears another significant link between the psyche and marijuana has been discovered.\u00a0 According to a research paper entitled \u201cHigh on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide\u201d, states that have legalized marijuana have seen a significant drop in suicides.\u00a0 The paper was written by D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees, and Joseph J. Sabia.<\/p>\n<p>The paper analyzed data from 1990-2007 and found an overall reduction by 5% in overall suicides.\u00a0 Males aged 20-29 saw an 11% drop in suicides.\u00a0 In states that do not permit legalized marijuana, suicide rates actually rose during this time period.\u00a0 While suicide does not garner the attention of many other causes of death, it is the 10<sup>th<\/sup> leading cause of death in the United States.\u00a0 The authors mentioned above believe that legalizing marijuana may \u201clead to an improvement in the psychological well-being of young adult males, an improvement that is reflected in fewer suicides.\u201d They also went on to say \u201cThe strong association between alcohol consumption and suicide-related outcomes found by previous researchers raises the possibility that medical marijuana laws reduce the risk of suicide by decreasing alcohol consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While lawmakers still drag their feet and state that marijuana is extremely dangerous, advocates are concentrating on how we can treat the a top ten leading cause of death in the United States.\u00a0 While this may sound na\u00efve in this day and age, we are expected to look up to our government officials.\u00a0 How can we do that?\u00a0 How can we seek help from those who will not even pass a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/02\/09\/146657522\/insider-trading-bill-aimed-at-congress-passes-house\" target=\"_blank\">congressional insider trading bill<\/a>, or allow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/pacs\/superpacs.php\" target=\"_blank\">Super Pacs <\/a>to influence an election.\u00a0 For the time being, both physical and mental relief are in direct violation of federal law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.iza.org\/dp6280.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ftp.iza.org\/dp6280.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">For the full research paper including additional statistics from the study click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[355,460,52,1565,56,9,51,70,107,1,3,1566,620,61],"tags":[2933,3034,2632,4133,2636,2631,5,2685,4134,3193,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}