Tuesday, June 28, 2022

We are killing our children!!-----Today's extraordinary New York Times piece on cannabis and psychosis

Today's extraordinary New York Times piece on cannabis and psychosis
  • Three years ago I was practically set on fire for writing in Tell Your Children that cannabis may cause schizophrenia. Today the paper of record reports it as a fact, no qualifications.
"I cannot stop thinking about sea change represented by the New York Times’s article today about the mental health dangers of cannabis.
In January 2019, Simon & Schuster published Tell Your Children, my book arguing cannabis use causes psychotic episodes and is likely a significant contributor to schizophrenia (and thus to violence, because untreated psychosis drives violence).
Two three-word sentences summarize the book’s thesis:
  • Cannabis causes psychosis
  • Psychosis causes violence...
...The New York Times. Which went on to write:
In addition to uncontrollable vomiting and addiction, adolescents who frequently use high doses of cannabis may also experience psychosis that could possibly lead to lifelong psychiatric disorder, an increased likelihood of developing depression and suicidal ideation, changes in brain anatomy and connectivity and poor memory...

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