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Overcoming cancer in her late 20s, Marina was inspired by her own recovery to help others. Euphoria evolved organically from a passion born out of Marina’s personal path.

Marina Efraimoglou is the visionary behind Euphoria Retreat, widely regarded as Europe’s leading wellbeing destination spa hotel. The authors concluded that cannabis flower is an effective and fast-acting anti-anxiety medication, but also added that “it can also produce negative side effects that may exacerbate momentary symptoms of negative affect in a small minority of sessions.” They explain that the results suggest patient-directed cannabis therapy can be beneficial as a mid-level anxiety treatment, saying “thus, despite the conventional wisdom that smoking cannabis makes one paranoid, we found consumption much more likely to be associated with relaxation and sense of calm, with users most likely to report feelings of peacefulness, optimism, and happiness.Living and Feeling Well: Euphoria Retreat Still, one benefit of this study design was that it allowed researchers to study cannabis use, as it actually occurs, with cannabis products from the legal cannabis market. It was also impossible to create any sort of double blinded procedure since there was no placebo group. Because researchers analyzed data from uncontrolled at-home cannabis sessions, they relied on participants to accurately report factors involved in their cannabis use, which might not be as accurate as if researchers were monitoring these factors themselves.

Of course, the study wasn’t without its limitations. Some evidence also suggested that sativa strains of cannabis might be less likely to relieve distress related symptoms than those strains labeled as indica or hybrid. While both CBD and THC have shown potential for relieving anxiety, in other studies, differing CBD levels did not seem to impact reported anxiety levels here. Longer sessions with cannabis were also tied to increased relief. In fact, for every percentage point increase in THC levels, researchers saw symptom relief improve by 0.02 points. Interestingly, the one strong correlation with increased relief from these distressing symptoms was using cannabis with higher levels of THC. (Photo by Vince Chandler / The Denver Post) Denver Post via Getty Images The Colfax Pot Shop, an adult-use marijuana dispensary on Colfax Ave in Denver. The authors noted that while cannabis can have some negative side effects “the side effects reported in the current study were relatively less severe than the more serious medical and sometimes societal problems caused by some conventional prescription (e.g., benzodiazepines and barbiturates) and nonprescription (e.g., alcohol) drugs most used for treating common forms of distress.”ĭENVER, CO - April 25, 2016: Selections of sativa and indica dominant cannabis strains on display at. Having the positive side effect of relaxation was the most common reported side effect, and occurred in 66% of cases. The infamous side effect of paranoia was actually one of the two least likely side effects in the study - occuring in only 4% of cases. Positive side effects (such as feeling chill, comfy, happy, optimistic, peaceful, or relaxed) were much more common, occurring in 66% of sessions. In stark contrast, these negative symptoms only increased in 2.32% of sessions (with no change in 2.16% of sessions).Ĭannabis users did report some negative side effects related to anxiety and distress (such as feeling anxious, irritable, paranoid, or restless) but this occured in less than 13% of cases. Researchers found that some distress related symptoms, whether it was anxiety, stress or irritability/agitation, decreased in 95.51% of cannabis use sessions. The results of the analysis painted a picture of cannabis that is much more relaxing than its reputation for paranoia would predict.