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Marijuana research finds psychosis in pot-smoking teens way up

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 06/06/2015 - 12:39

It's hardly a new concern as many as a dozen studies have been done that show an increased risk for mental health issues among teens. Reporter Sue Bailey of the Canadian Press has produced the latest story and it includes interviews from front-line workers who deal with the teenage victims of marijuana. It's not pretty and it's a message some medical practitioners, like Canadian child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Sinthu Suntharalingam, say needs to get out there. Dr. Suntharalingam, who works at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa (CHEO) said they are seeing one or two new cases each week. "I see more and more cases of substance-induced psychosis. The most common substance that's abused is cannabis," she told the CP. "They will present with active hallucinations. Parents will be very scared. They don't know what's going on. They'll be seeing things, hearing things,...

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