In my interest in mental disorders has lead me to read many articles on diverse psychiatric disorders. In one article that came out on the 13th talked about the relation between bipolar disorder and cannabis in London. A study done by the Lancaster University said that, although only 2% of Britain's population has bipolar disorder, 60% used cannabis. And most people assume that most use cannabis to deal with the depressive state. This study, which asked bipolar patients to log their feelings and their drug use, showed that most people use cannabis when they are in a good mood, not a bad mood. But, because of the drug use, it causes the manic and depressive stages to become worse. The study showed that people use cannabis to self-medicate, even though their medicine is actually making them worse.
This article gives an implicit warning to everyone suffering from bipolar disorder. Even though the cannabis might make you feel better short term, the worsening of your symptoms only make you more dependent on the drugs. Even though the studies next course is to see the long term of the cannabis on this emotional disorder, the current study suggests that drug use may seem like a way to handle a hard-to-control situation, but it actually makes it worse. This implicit argument, much like the one featured in our latest multiple choice reading, was subtle and probably going to be on the AP test. This was good practice for May.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150313130855.htm
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