NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of adults who experienced psychosis for the first time, having smoked marijuana daily was linked to an earlier age of onset of the disorder, according to UK researchers.
"This is not a study about the association between cannabis and psychosis, but about the association between specific patterns of cannabis use . . . and an earlier onset of psychotic disorders," Dr. Marta Di Forti, who led the research at the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College, said in an email.
Among more than 400 people in South London admitted to hospitals with a diagnosed psychotic episode, the study team found the heaviest smokers of high-potency cannabis averaged about six years younger than patients who had not been smoking pot.
Psychosis is a general term for a loss of reality, and is associated with several psychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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Yeahright.
ReplyDeleteWhat came first? The chicken or the egg? Could these test subjects have been self medicating? And then they all jumped out the window.
ReplyDeletevs aderal and all the other prescription drugs people are taking and then going out and shooting up public places!
ReplyDeletenever heard of someone smoking a joint and doing those types of things!
total BS!