Marijuana Worsens Schizophrenia

June 18, 2010

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Marijuana gives people with schizophrenia a quick rush but worsens their psychotic symptoms within a few hours, a new study reveals.

Researchers in the Netherlands recruited 48 psychiatric patients and 47 healthy people to record what they were doing and how they felt 12 times a day for six days. All the study participants were regular pot smokers. The results showed that schizophrenia sufferers were more sensitive than healthy individuals to both the positive and negative effects of marijuana, or cannabis. continue reading
Source: Live Science

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411on420 June 18, 2010 at 15:05

causation, folks…

are pot smokers more likely to be schizophrenics… or do schizophrenics just like to get high?

*chuckle*

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