Cannabis, PTSD, and Early Recovery: Why Clients Deserve to See the Data
Carmichael Finn | Executive Director | MA, LMFT, LADC, AADCR-MNPublished on: 18/02/2026
Emerging research is challenging the assumption that cannabis helps long term trauma recovery. A 2026 study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found that individuals with PTSD and cannabis use disorder who achieved 12 weeks of abstinence experienced significantly greater reductions in PTSD symptoms than those who continued using. In early recovery, presenting data like this is not about coercion. It is about informed consent, clinical transparency, and helping clients make decisions grounded in evidence rather than assumption.
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