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High potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis
posted 24/03/2015
publication The Mental Elf South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Smoking higher-potency cannabis may be a considerable risk factor for psychosis according to research conducted in South London (Di Forti, et al., 2015).
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the UK and previous research has suggested an association between use of the drug and psychosis, however the causal direction and underlying mechanism of this association are still unclear.
