chen and his co - workers performed behavioral tests on these purified cannabinoids . the tests subjects indicated that these two cannabinoids have counter - anxiety and antidepression - like activity in people that may depending on the ability of cannabinoids to promote the production of more neurons in the hippocampus . marijuana contains a similar mixture of drugs and cannabinoids and may have somewhat worse behavioral properties than the distilled cannabinoids tested so well .
The use of drugs can help control anxiety.