Ms Wente apparently recommends cannabis and emotional eating for anxiety and numerous other conditions  (excluding “serious mental problems”, which she fails to define). No credible evidence supports this broad contention.Cannabis, in particular, can exacerbate numerous health conditions.  
Contrary to modern health thinking, she divides health conditions into the mental (which are not serious, except when she says they are) and the physical (which she acknowledges). The article is long on sarcasm and short on evidence. Does she think health professionals lie about their patients' needs? Or that with accommodations, the building of coping skills is ignored? Or that  we will get a better workforce by leaving students at the side of the road when they fall? If so, why does she provide no  evidence for her assertions?   One can respect her credentials in journalism, and Mr. Pardy's in law, but why is it so hard to respect the expertise of health professionals in their respective areas?