Padraig DeMarr
Original article written by Andrea Peterson: https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-are-using-marijuana-to-treat-anxiety-and-depression-but-the-science-is-murky-11635253201?mod=science_list_pos1
Summary
The overall article was interesting because it explained how we are not 100% sure if it is really worth taking marijuana. For example Andrea put in that the American Psychiatric Association stated “no current scientific evidence that cannabis is in any way beneficial for the treatment of any psychiatric disorder”. Part of the reason for this is because very few studies have been conducted and they have been on very small scales. Secondly Marijuana might actually cause other psychiatric disorders. She also puts in that we do not all ways know what is in the product for what you are using so that could be why this does not help everyone. But she also mentions that it helps with anxiety and some other things that make it hard for some people to live a more normal life.
Relevance
The reason that this article is relevant to society is because many people smoke Marijuana. And if we find out at one point that it does give people psychological problems then many people will be in big trouble. Also this is just counting the people who are legally allowed to smoke Marijuana if we also count the people who do some illegally then a bigger portion of the population would be in trouble and we also might not have a way to cure the people who do devolve problems.
Critique
I think that this article over all was very good but might have had a few rooms for improvement. Now one of the main reasons that I thought it was good was because they mentioned people who were wolves in this field and they got a good bit of different perspectives. Now I think that one of the downfalls could have been to include more on how many people use/used it in the past because I think that would help highlight how bad this really could be for the world.
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