selfmedicating Tag

A recent poll has found that 1.8 million people within the UK are self-medicating using cannabis, a 29 per cent rise from 2019 27-year-old Eve began self-medicating with cannabis on the age of 19, shortly after receiving an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis. “Autism makes it very difficult for me to precise my feelings and I even have a really low tolerance for discomfort or frustration – cannabis helps me calm myself down and feel more relaxed in my body,” she tells Dazed. “I struggle with anxiety and sensory issues too; noise, light, touch [...