But if you never smoke weed than you never get depressed from the lack of dopamine, the ultimate cause is smoking weed the proximate is lack of weed
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Either way, you get depressed because you aren't producing dopamine. Point proven because that is a harmful side effect
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That effect is mild, at best, unless you have a genetic predisposition for depression. In fact, it is often used to TREAT depression.
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No it is often used to treat seizers or erratic organ functions.
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I'll give it to you that I'm not actually seeing depression on this particular list, though I'm well-aware of its prescribability for depression. Here's a quick rundown of what it DOES help with: http://norml.org/library/recent-research-on-medical-marijuana
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Weed makes you depressed because weed causes a dopamine rush and your brain will use it as its primary source of dopamine and stop making it on its own so you become depressed whenever you aren't smoking weed and weed will have a weaker affect every time you smoke it making you more and more depressed.
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10+ years, no increase in depression, ultra rapid cycling bipolar. I've only been helped. Think what you want, though.