Studies link cannabis use to psychosis in teenagers - smh.com.au - January 28, 2006 - Evidence is mounting that heavy marijuana use can increase the chances of developing severe mental illness for some adolescents whose genes put them at added risk.
Earlier my posting: Cannabis is worst drug for psychosis
on the Article: Cannabis is worst drug for psychosis - Simon Kearney - November 21, 2005 - Four out of five people with incurable schizophrenia smoked cannabis regularly between the ages of 12 and 21. Andrew Campbell, of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal, warned that a hidden epidemic of cannabis-induced psychosis could make the so-called soft drug more dangerous than heroin. "It's much safer to take heroin -- you can live to be 90 with heroin," Dr Campbell said.
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