Cannabis worked like a charm to improve my sister's mood when she was undergoing chemotherapy. It really did. There are lots of mainstream physicians who'll try and tell people otherwise, and I'm convinced that plenty of people who're past the point of self help sometimes try and use cannabis and that those are the circumstances under which it can exacerbate depression--when the depression itself is already beyond help and bound to get worse.

I watched cannabis work like a charm for my sister under the most depressing of circumstances--a terminal illness. She wasn't a good candidate for a prescription antidepressant because she was using prescription painkillers, which are themselves a depressant. Cannabis did wonders for her, easing her depression, relieving her nausea, and boosting her appetite. I still resent the heck out of the fact that in order to get that relief she had to break the law.