Legal States Are Rushing To Study The Mental Health Risks Of High Potency Cannabis

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High potency cannabis has been linked with a variety of mental health conditions, most concerning, psychosis. A New Study Narrows Down The Answer Several studies have found links between THC and mental health conditions, including psychosis. Legal cannabis can facilitate research while also limiting black market cannabis, which undergoes less testing. Cannabis proponents believe the best way to assuage these concerns is to establish a better legal marijuana system. States that have enabled marijuana programs are now finding themselves rushing to study the drug and its possible side effects.

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High potency cannabis has been linked with a variety of mental health conditions, most concerning, psychosis.

Marijuana legalization has picked up speed over the last couple of years. The topic has become one of those unlikely things that people with differing political parties agree on, a substance that is now accepted if not embraced by most. Still, popular opinion differs from policies, an issue made strikingly clear by how little research there is on the drug.

States that have enabled marijuana programs are now finding themselves rushing to study the drug and its possible side effects. While marijuana is associated with few serious conditions,...

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