Posted by linkadge on June 4, 2007, at 10:25:02
In reply to Re: More evidence of the dangers of cannabis....., posted by Sebastian on May 11, 2007, at 17:20:48
Just to add. The propensity for marajuanna to cause psychosis may be directly dependant on the ratio of certain constituents.
Apparently cannabidol in cannabis acts as an antipsychotic and anxyolytic. It is capable of counteracting the effects of THC. Cannabis with very high yeilds of cannabidol may even be acting as an antipsychotic.
Cannabidol is under research as an antipsychotic.
A shizophrenic may well be treating their psychosis with cannabis of high cannabidol yeild.
Perhaps the psychosis started when they swiched to some chemically engineered version of low cannabidol/THC ratio.
Blanket dogmatic statements like this are more indicitive of propeganda than they are of a ballanced and comprehensive review of the data on cannabis
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