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March 25, 2010
Long-term marijuana use associated with increased risk for psychosis.
Bloomberg News (2/27, Ostrow) reports that, according to a study published online March 1 in the Archives of General Psychiatry, "young adults who used marijuana as teens were more likely than those who didn't to develop schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms including hallucinations and delusions."
In the study of 3,801 young Australian adults, researchers found that "those who used the drug for six or more years were twice as likely to develop a psychosis, such as schizophrenia, or to have delusional disorders than those who never used marijuana."
Related Links:
- Long-Time Marijuana Use Linked to Psychosis in Young Adults," Nicole Ostrow, Bloomberg News, Febuary 27, 2010.
Posted by admin at March 25, 2010 10:43 PM