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Kelly wrote:
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> -Caveat Lector-
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> Scientists say cannabis can drive users insane
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> http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/0201/breaking9.htm
> Last updated: 08:32
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> Far from being a relatively harmless "soft" drug, cannabis can drive
> people temporarily insane as well as harming the heart, lungs and immune
> system, British scientists said today.
>
> Studies showed that the drug can have serious effects on both mental and
> physical health.
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> Dr Andrew Johns, from the Institute of Psychiatry in London, said
> regular cannabis use led to acute psychological problems in a high
> proportion of people.
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> One study found 15 per cent of cannabis users identified psychotic
> symptoms such as hearing voices or irrational feelings of persecution.
> A number of reports, reviewed by Dr Johns in the British Journal of
> Psychiatry, suggested the drug could induce psychosis in people with no
> history of severe mental illness.
One of my pet theories is that pothead paranoia is generated by the
extrinsic legal risks which are involved with cannabis, thanks to our
psychotic governments.
By the way, does anyone know what percentage of the total population
shows psychotic symptoms?
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Mark McHugh
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to be well adjusted to a sick society.
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