Everybody keeps saying "It depends on the person", however, I'm suspecting it has more to do with the specific strain rather than the individual themself. This is a theory of course, a stoner theory at that, but it is yet another case that shows how important it is to get some really in depth studies on marijuana.

It seems like I'm one of the few that is concerned with the strain of what I use, and I think because of this we get a lot of miss-information because most people either get "good shit" or "bad shit", God only knows what strain they are talking about lol.

It does seem in general weed does a decent job at keeping my mind off depressing thoughts, but just as tobacco seems to relieve stress, the reality is it increases it overall. So just as smokers will say they smoke to relieve stress, I believe it could be possible depressed stoners think weed is helping their depression when it is actually making it worse in the long run.

This is a theory though, I'm not saying it's a theory I subscribe to, I'm just throwing it out there as a possibility. I really have no clue how weed has been effecting my depression, because my depression is stemmed from financial problems which have been getting worse and worse, and coincidentally I have been smoking more and more weed since I'm still a bit of a new medical user. So I can't tell if my depression is getting worse because of the weed or not, but either way I know it would be manageable without my financial problems so that is really my primary concern.