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Young people who smoke marijuana more prone to delusions, study says |
2010-03-02 |
![]() So, like, don't bogart the data. The findings adds weight to previous research which linked psychosis with the drug — particularly in its most potent form as "skunk" — and will feed the debate about the level of controls over its use. Duuude, you're, like, harshing my mellow here. "Compared with those who had never used cannabis, young adults who had six or more years since first use of cannabis were twice as likely to develop a non-affective psychosis (such as schizophrenia)," McGrath wrote in a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry journal. Psychosis? Man, like, I'm not, like, psychotic. Just ask my unicorn. They were also four times as likely to have high scores in clinical tests of delusion, he wrote, I don't got no delusions neither, it's just these damned bugs, THEY'RE CRAWLIN' ALL OVER ME, GET 'EM OFF! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAN, GET THE BUGS OFF ME! and a so-called "dose-response" relationship showed that the longer the duration since first cannabis use, the higher the risk of psychosis-related symptoms. Previous studies had also suggested smoking cannabis can double the risk of psychosis, but the British study was the first to look specifically at skunk. Or, like we like to, like, call it, "primo bud." Skunk has higher amounts of the psychoactive ingredient THC which can produce psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions and paranoia. Paranoia? I'm not paranoid. You're just saying that 'cause you're out to get me! McGrath said, however, that "the nature of the relationship between psychosis and cannabis use is by no means simple" and more |
Posted by:Mike |
#10 Meh. Psychosis in people already susceptible to it |
Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-02 19:12 |
#9 I don't know about hallucinations, but I have talked to one person in the past who said it made their anxiety much worse. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-03-02 18:21 |
#8 On a serious note, for many the psychosis is pretty much permanent. Not a Good Thing. |
Posted by: lotp 2010-03-02 18:03 |
#7 Just don't inhale and let other people blow... umm no, sorry that's not... forget about it |
Posted by: European Conservative 2010-03-02 17:36 |
#6 That explains Obama and the youth vote plus it explains the old liberals too. |
Posted by: Beldar Threreling9726 2010-03-02 17:22 |
#5 --but what about older people, can't they be delusional, too? Let's say, like Pelosi's age? |
Posted by: Tom- Pa 2010-03-02 14:42 |
#4 In the interest of Fairness and Balance I feel compelled to offer this rebuttal by Mr. Ashley Roachclip. |
Posted by: xbalanke 2010-03-02 12:35 |
#3 No sh*t? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-03-02 12:31 |
#2 Explains a lot about Obama voters |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-03-02 12:11 |
#1 Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...what? |
Posted by: tu3031 2010-03-02 11:23 |