Knowing how high-potency cannabis alters gene activity may bring us closer to understanding why some users develop psychosis.
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Alcohol and tobacco use carries significant health risks but they’re legalised – so why not cannabis? Despite the concerns, decriminalising cannabis could have public health benefits.
There are health risks associated with cannabis use, but there’s no evidence use will increase if it’s legalised.
More men suffer psychosis, and there are a few reasons that may explain it.
Smoking and mental health problems go hand in hand but it’s not an easy relationship to untangle.
Researchers have been investigating the link between smoking and psychosis, here’s what they found.
Psychotic illness is a relatively rare but often severe form of mental illness, affecting around one in 100 people at some point in their lives. It most commonly begins in adolescence and early adulthood…
Sourcing unbiased information about the health effects of using cannabis has always been difficult. Government-sponsored propaganda was evident as far back as the 1930s in the film Reefer Madness, which…
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Men's Health, University of York
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Clinical Senior Lecturer in Psychosis Studies, King's College London
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Professor in Criminology, Loughborough University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter
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Professor & Head of Psychiatry, Adelaide University
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Professor of Drugs, Genes and Psychosis, King's College London