Boerontosaurus

You called medical marijuana and anxiety/depression a minefield in response to another commenter. I was thinking specifically of people who have found a few strains they believe treat their depression well. If they described their treatment it would probably sound a lot like they're just a stoner getting high all day. To an outsider medicating depression and abuse sound like the same thing: smoking pot so you feel better. I'm assuming that's a main source of the controversy and stigma surrounding medical marijuana in cases of anxiety depression.

I guess it's about the same as asking the difference between Vets medicating their PTSD with marijuana and kids from Compton "masking their PTSD" with marijuana?

What do you think of the medical use of marijuana for mental health issues other than PTSD, like anxiety and depression? Specifically what do you think differentiates treating depression or anxiety with medical marijuana and abusing marijuana because you are anxious or depressed?