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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dr-marc-siegel-pot-use-and-the-awful- problem-of-marijuana-induced-psychosis-and-why-it-is-on-the-rise
Back when I was in college, a close friend of mine developed a bad,
paranoid reaction to a strong batch of pot. I will never forget the
twisted look of fear on his face. Eventually, he recovered, but it always seemed to me that he was never quite the same, and to this day is quick to
be suspicious of people.
When I became a physician, I saw this reaction much more frequently in the
ER where I worked, and I became aware that the strains of marijuana people
were smoking were becoming stronger.
I saw anxiety and depression and occasionally full-blown psychosis which
is characterized by a break from reality with delusional thinking and
sometimes hallucinations.
The condition brought on by smoking pot is known as cannabis-induced
psychosis.
The patients I saw were always agitated, and we treated them with anti- psychotic mediation which generally worked. But sometimes marijuana precipitates a psychotic break in a teen or adult who is prone to schizophrenia, and they never come all the way back to reality despite aggressive treatment.
When a person inhales a marijuana cigarette, he or she sees it in terms of
the pleasure potential, altered consciousness, reduction of pain.
When I view it as a physician I see it as containing an active chemical
which has health implications. This is the way I view all biochemicals
whether they are available over the counter or by prescription only.
Marijuana contains a highly potent chemical, tetrahydrocannabinol, THC,
which has strong psychological effects.
Genetic factors are important. A variant of the AKT1 gene which effects dopamine in the brain, has been show to put pot smokers more at risk of psychosis.
Though the THC content of Cannabis is variable, it has clearly become much
more potent over the years, with many times more THC commonly found now in
pot than in the 1970s, when it was commonly less than 2 percent. This
change is largely responsible for the increase in paranoia and psychosis
among the general population.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4987131/
In fact, a large European study across 11 regions and a 12th In Brazil, published in the esteemed British medical journal The Lancet this past
week, determined that “20 percent of new cases of psychotic disorder
across all our sites could have been prevented if daily use of cannabis
had been abolished.”
In Amsterdam, London, and Paris— three cities known for high THC marijuana
– were found to have a whopping 50 (Amsterdam) and 30 percent (London) of
new psychosis cases associated with potent forms of the drug.
In Italy, on the other hand, where pot is restricted to medical and
industrial use and a much weaker form is available in Cannabis stores, the
rate of new psychotic episodes was found to be less than 10 percent.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30048- 3/fulltext
As recreational marijuana becomes legal and is more widely available,
higher content THC is becoming more common and so is psychosis. The
yearly number of cannabis-induced psychosis cases in Canada is on the rise
and has already doubled from 2012 to 2017.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mental-health-expert-warns-of-significant- increase-in-cannabis-induced-psychosis-1.4233512
In Colorado, where recreational marijuana has been legal since 2012, the prevalence of mental health diagnoses in Emergency Room visits is actually
now higher than in those who haven’t used marijuana.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980767/
These are important medical arguments, not political or legal ones. But
public health realities must impact our politics and our laws.
As a practicing internist, I can tell you there are no free lunches when
it comes to your health. With stronger recreational pot becoming more
widely available all the time (now legal in 10 states, plus the District
of Columbia, with more on the way), the risk of psychiatric disorders
including worrisome debilitating psychosis, will only grow.
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