The research involved 368 participants who were cannabis users and 170 who were not .
While they are similar structurally, THC has psychoactive effects or the “high” that users experience while consuming recreationally.
But a small percentage reported other costs such as social and legal stigma, asthma-related effects from smoking or inhaling the product, and intoxication.
In this study, scientists focused on psychiatric populations, and the control group included people who did not initiate medicinal cannabis use but intended to soon alleviate depression or anxiety.
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