Back your letters with a few studies from my list!

DEPRESSION

Cannabinoids promote hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects
Journal of Clinical Investigation -- Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects

Antidepressant-like activity by blockade of anandamide hydrolysis
Antidepressant-like activity and modulation of brain monoaminergic transmission by blockade of anandamide hydrolysis

Decreased depression in marijuana users. (may need free registration)
Decreased depression in marijuana users.


Cannabis and Depression
AAMC: Cannabis and Depression

Association between cannabis use and depression may not be causal, study says
International Association for Cannabis as Medicine

Do patients use marijuana as an antidepressant?
Do patients use marijuana as an antidepressant? [Depression. 1996] - PubMed result

Cannabis' Acts as Antidepressant
'Cannabis' Acts as Antidepressant: The Hempire - [cannabis, uk]

Cannabis And Depression Research
Cannabis And Depression Research: The Hempire - [cannabis, britain]

Cannabinoids elicit antidepressant-like behavior and activate serotonergic neurons
Cannabinoids elicit antidepressant-like behavior and activate serotonergic neurons through the medial prefrontal cortex.

Marijuana chemical may treat depression
Study: Marijuana chemical may treat depression

Therapeutic Aspects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids
ROBSON: Br J Psychiatry, Volume 178().February 2001.107-115

Treating depression with cannabinoids
Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Cannabis als Medizin

Animal research highlights a therapeutic potential of cannabinoids for the treatment of depression
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/..._2008_02_1.pdf


SLEEP

Functional role for cannabinoids in respiratory stability during sleep
AAMC: Functional role for cannabinoids in respiratory stability during sleep

THC reduces sleep apnoea in animal research
International Association for Cannabis as Medicine

Cannabis, pain, and sleep: lessons from trials of Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine.
Cannabis, pain, and sleep: lessons from therapeutic clinical trials of Sativex, a cannabis-based medicine.

Dronabinol and marijuana in HIV-positive marijuana smokers. Caloric intake, mood, and sleep.
Dronabinol and marijuana in HIV-positive marijuana smokers. Caloric intake, mood, and sleep.

Effect of illicit recreational drugs upon sleep: Cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana.
Effect of illicit recreational drugs upon sleep: c... [Sleep Med Rev. 2008] - PubMed result



There are quite a few more- I just grabbed a few to get you started! :thumbsup: Please read my List (linked below in my sig) to give yourself more ideas about what should be a permitted ailment!

Shea and the rest of you reading this, if you'd like a free copy of my complete list, all you have to do is send an email to me at

i.wantgrannyslist (at) green passion.org

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