UK Daily Mail Reports on U.S. Cannabis Use Jumping by 20% in Legal States

Cannabis use jumps by 20% in states where it has been legalized: study

Study focused on 111 pairs of identical twins with siblings split across states with contrasting cannabis laws Those living in states that had legalized adult recreational cannabis used it 20 percent more often Study raises ‘complex questions’ about ‘changes in health or behavioral consequences’ of more pot use Colorado mom

 

Nigerian Mental Health Expert Warns of Looming Problem of Cannabis Addiction and Psychosis

‘Cannabis, despite its medicinal uses, is proven to cause psychosis’

A mental health expert, Dr Victor Makanjuola, has said that the cannabis currently being sold on Nigerian streets is four times more potent than the one sold in the 80s and 90s and that it has been proven to cause psychosis, contrary to the impression of many youths and its acclaimed medical benefits on the internet.

  Mentally Ill Cannabis User Kills Mom and Wounds Brother

Mentally ill son stabbed mum to death and slashed younger brother

A “loving, caring and wonderful” mother was brutally stabbed to death by her own son after he descended into a downward spiral of conspiracy theories and alternative narcotics. Jacob Poynton-Whiting, 22 at the time on June 22 last year, attacked his devoted mother Sally Poynton, 44, who had cried out for help for her son as she witnessed first-hand his mental health go downhill.

British Travel Writer Releases New Book on his Struggle with Cannabis Psychosis

Horatio Clare: ‘My psychosis was brought on by cannabis’

oratio Clare still flinches in ‘horror and shame’ whenever he thinks back to his behaviour just over two years ago.

 

Psychosis and the Pandemic

 

Study looks at link between substance use and psychosis during pandemic | CBC News

It will be years before the long-term effects of COVID-19 are fully understood, but Dr. Jason Morrison already knows one aspect that needs further study. In the months after a state of emergency was declared in Nova Scotia and widespread lockdowns were initiated, the interim chief of psychiatry for Nova Scotia Health’s central zone said in-patient doctors started noticing changes in who was coming to hospital.

 

Singapore Official Criticizes “Medical Marijuana”

‘It’s bunkum’: Shanmugam on pharma claims about cannabis for medical use

SINGAPORE: The trend towards accepting cannabis for medical use is driven by the “power of money and propaganda”, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam told Channel NewsAsia as he charged pharmaceutical companies with hiding their intentions behind a smokescreen.

Contrast Between Germany and U.S.

How Germany Averted An Opioid Crisis

This story also ran on This story can be republished for free ( NBC News. details). KHN correspondent Shefali Luthra reported this article from Germany as a 2019 Arthur F. Burns Fellow. HAMBURG, Germany ― In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly opiates.

 

Canadian Columnist was Right, Her Editors WRONG on Legalizing Weed

Barbara Kay: Pot’s legal. But we may come to regret that

Former head of the Centers for Disease Control, Thomas Frieden, tweet-summarized the report’s conclusions: “way too little known; potential benefits unproven, some serious harms definite, many serious risks possible.”

Canadian Report Reveals Thousands of young people hospitalized due to cannabis and other substance use

A new report says thousands of young people in Canada were hospitalized last year due to cannabis, alcohol and other substance use, and experts say the numbers highlight the need for more mental health supports in the community.

Thousands of young people hospitalized due to cannabis and other substance use, report reveals – CBC News

A new report says thousands of young people in Canada were hospitalized last year due to cannabis, alcohol and other substance use, and experts say the numbers highlight the need for more mental health supports in the community.


Cannabis and psychosis: what do we know and what should we do?

Abstract It is now incontrovertible that heavy use of cannabis increases the risk of psychosis. There is a dose-response relationship and high potency preparations and synthetic cannabinoids carry the greatest risk. It would be wise to await the outcome of the different models of legalisation that are being introduced in North America, before deciding whether or not to follow suit.

Cannabis and psychosis: what do we know and what should we do? | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core

This article has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by CrossRef. Colizzi, Marco Burnett, Natoy Costa, Rosalia De Agostini, Mattia Griffin, James and Bhattacharyya, Sagnik 2018. Longitudinal assessment of the effect of cannabis use on hospital readmission rates in early psychosis: A 6-year follow-up in an inpatient cohort.

This study replicates exactly what Henquet et al. found back in 2005 for the amount of use where you begin to see a rise in risk – 5 times of use.

Teenage pot smokers are risking mental illnesses in later life

Over 6,000 people were tracked from the age of 15 to 30 and it confirmed that cannabis can drive some users to the point of suicide On an afternoon I occasionally walk with my granddaughter in a ­London park where teens gather after school, and the smell of pot is unescapable.

“They may be infrequent and thus not problematic for the adolescent, (but) when these experiences are reported continuously, year after year, then there’s an increased risk of a first psychotic episode or another psychiatric condition.” Marijuana is thought to cause psychosis-like experiences by increasing a user’s risk of depression. See Study Adolescent Cannabis Use and Risk of Psychosis

Doctors Dispute Notion that Marijuana Solves Opioid Crisis

Easing access to marijuana is not a way to solve the opioid epidemic

he take-home message from research published last week in JAMA Internal Medicine – let’s liberalize access to marijuana as a way to address the raging opioid epidemic – captured the public imagination. We disagree. Supporting medical or recreational marijuana as an alternative to opioids for conditions like chronic pain is a bad idea, especially for America’s youths.

Marijuana Induced Psychosis Causes Man with No Criminal Record to Attack Strangers

Marijuana-induced psychosis behind Toronto lawyer’s bat attack, judge rules

As the federal government prepares to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, an Ontario judge has ruled that cannabis-induced psychosis led a man to a seemingly hate-filled attack on a family, in what appears to be the first case of its kind in Canadian criminal courts.

Two ER physicians from both CO and CA present marijuana harms at SAM Summit

Top Doctor Warns of a Psychosis, Paranoid Delusions and a Superskunk Schizophrenia Timebomb

Superskunk schizophrenia timebomb

Britain could set off a schizophrenia timebomb if it ignores the dangers of super-strength ‘skunk’ cannabis, one of the UK’s most eminent psychiatrists warns today. Strong evidence now shows that smoking potent forms of the Class B drug increases the chance of psychosis, paranoid delusions and schizophrenia.