How do you counsel patients on cannabis use for PTSD?

In general, I recommend stopping cannabis. The large stratification study from the VA (sorry, only one cup of coffee and late night last night, so blanking on the authors or year) looking at patients who never used (19,000), chronically used before and during 3 months of treatment (2000), picked up ...

This varies from person to person. I would start by gathering information about their previous use of cannabis. Whatever their past use has been, it is important to give them information about marijuana, particularly regarding the long-term impact of ongoing use. Ultimately, they will make their own...