Psychosis Risk Factors
Health experts in Australia are calling for pot smoking to be added to a common list of psychotic disorder risk factors. Australian researchers compared several studies that found links, and they say that on average high users are approximately twice as likely to develop psychosis and related disorders. The link between the two is not clear, they say, but the evidence suggests that it should be considered a risk.
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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