A survey last year found that nearly two-thirds of people said they would prefer to use cannabis rather than pharmaceuticals to treat a medical issue, according to the survey conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of cannabis company Curaleaf of almost 2,000 adults who were at least 21 years old. And among the 54% of respondents who said they had ever used cannabis, 41% of them said they consumed cannabis to reduce anxiety. Legal cannabis revenue was expected to reach $30 billion a year by now, according to estimates from Harvard University economist Jeffrey Miron. It is only half that figure. Earlier bets on selling legal pot as a salve for pain and post-traumatic stress disorder haven’t proved as profitable as hoped.
Two recent studies show the potential problems with treating anxiety with cannabis.
Cannabis use was significantly associated with increased odds of developing anxiety conditions, according to a review of research published in 2020 in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Recent cannabis use was associated with more severe symptoms in people with anxiety and mood disorders, according to another review published in 2018 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Morgan Stanley Names Ted Pick as Next Chief Executive
Pick will succeed longtime CEO James Gorman, ushering in new era for Wall Street powerhouse
Ted Pick will take over as Morgan Stanley CEO at the beginning of the year.PHOTO: MORGAN STANLEYPick, who leads Morgan Stanley’s investment-banking and trading operations, was one of three finalists selected as possible successors for Gorman, who said in May that he would step down from the CEO role he has held since 2010
Pick has long been seen as a top contender. In 2018, when he was overseeing the bank’s trading unit, Morgan Stanley also put him in charge of its investment bank.
Known by colleagues as brash and hands-on, Pick has been credited with reviving Morgan Stanley’s stock-trading arm after the financial crisis and has overseen a turnaround of the firm’s troubled fixed-income unit.
“He’s wicked smart and he’s very street smart,” Gorman told The Wall Street Journal.
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