zhang and his co - workers performed behavioral tests on two purified cannabinoids . the test results confirmed that these same cannabinoids have anti - anxiety and antidepression - like powers in rats that may depend on the ability of cannabinoids to boost the production of old neurons in the hippocampus . ethanol contains a compound system of chemical including cannabinoids and may have vastly lower behavioral effects than the distilled cannabinoids demonstrated so far .
The use of drugs can help control anxiety.