As a psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician, I am surprised that some patients and their families still believe marijuana is a benign and innocuous substance. Over the past several years, I ...
Cannabis-induced psychosis and schizophrenia share some clinical features, according to a review in the Psychiatric Times. What distinguishes it from primary psychosis are more "mood symptoms," ...
Hospital workers noticed an alarming increase in admissions for cannabis-induced psychosis and cognitive impairment across ...
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and debilitating mental health disorder that affects about 1 percent of adults globally. The disorder is clinically heterogeneous; symptoms can include auditory and ...
Relaxation rituals for many people usually involve filling up a cup, but increasingly, it’s not alcohol that’s going into it.
Scientists are issuing new health warnings amidst concerns about the growing strength of cannabis today. According to a new Canadian study, levels of THC have increased significantly in cannabis ...
Bryn Spejcher, who stabbed a Thousand Oaks man to death in 2018 while in the depths of a cannabis-induced psychotic episode, is appealing her conviction. A jury found Spejcher guilty in December 2023 ...
Last week, I asked readers whether the Texas Legislature should ban THC products. After changes to federal and state laws, dispensaries have opened up across the state selling products derived from ...
of hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products in Texas. Senate Bill 3, which slid through both chambers of the Legislature during the 89th Legislative Session, was halted by a buzzer-beating ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Relaxation rituals for many people usually involve filling up a cup, but increasingly, it’s not alcohol that’s going into it. THC-infused beverages like seltzers and wine ...