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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Why Pot Makes Some Psychotic

People who smoke pot may be at increased risk for psychosis if they have a certain genetic marker, a new study finds.
The results show people with this genetic marker who use cannabis are twice as likely to experience psychosis compared with those who use the drug but do not have the genetic marker.
Among people who use the drug every day, the risk for psychosis increases sevenfold for those who have the genetic marker.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Of course they are going to say that when most of the people tested have had a psychotic episode before puffing on ol' faithful mary jane..maybe they should find a link between psychosis and crack rocks ,so we can alert the world about drugs that will tear your life apart and kill you

Anonymous said...

Marion Barry is a good example of crack and Psychosis...

Anonymous said...

Thank you for posting this.
It is a true, little known fact which i feel should be a public health concern.