Marijuana Could Cause Schizophrenia in Teens
The psychoactive constituent of marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), causes significant and persistent behavioral changes, according to researchers at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. The study, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, shows that the long-term impacts of THC in adolescence are similar to that of the symptoms of schizophrenia.
The results were based on a study conducted to adolescent and adult rodents. Adolescent rodents exhibited neuronal and molecular changes similar to neuropsychiatric conditions after receiving doses of THC. However, the adults did not manifest similar changes.
The study, led by Steven Laviolette, a professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology, as well as Psychiatry, involved identifying and assessing behaviors that are seen in schizophrenia and other mental disorders which are cognition, exploratory behaviors, anxiety levels, neuronal or molecular changes, social skills and cognitive disorganization and the inability to focus on the necessary...
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