Posted by europerep on April 14, 2012, at 7:42:21
In reply to Re: Psychosis from Cannibis » bleauberry, posted by SLS on April 14, 2012, at 6:25:12
I agree with Brainbeard in that there is indeed a link between cannabis and psychosis. Cannabis is a powerful substance, so obviously, if used by the wrong people, it can have bad effects. I do think it's more about who uses it than how much they use. (That of course doesn't mean that those who can use it safely won't experience bad effects when using too much.)
However, the actual question is: how strong is the link between cannabis and psychosis? Check this out: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22394457 (published February 2012)
"Our findings support the notion that continued cannabis use after the onset of a first-episode psychosis is correlated with worse social outcome and should be discouraged whenever possible, but its role in outcome is modest in comparison to other factors."
There's also the question of publication bias. I was impressed to see the above study in the JCP. I would think that it's much easier to get a study published that supports the link between cannabis and psychosis than one that rejects it.
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