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Cannabis use linked to a third of all psychosis cases
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 77691311:MV80MTU0NDU4Xzc1NDc3NjYxXzNCNDUxMzYy] [quote:Cannabis Kills People!:MV80MTU0NDU4Xzc1NDc3MjM0XzMxNTFCQjc0] [quote:Jaena:MV80MTU0NDU4Xzc1NDc3MTgwX0Q3OEUxOEZG] Well.. all I know OP, is that you are very right. My middle son, age 36, who has smoked weed for 20 years, is at this time in the midst of a psychotic breakdown, complete with severe delusions etc. During the times he has been a bit more clear-thinking, he has agreed to go to the ER. And both times they told him they will not admit him for detox until/unless he is a danger to himself or others. To my knowledge he is no longer smoking weed in any form. The delusions and withdrawals etc is not only making him crazy, it's tearing our whole family apart. It feels like we're waiting for the train wreck we know is coming any minute now. :jd_cry: [/quote] :grouphug: Can't you get him help in a private facility or is that just too expensive/insurance wont cover? [/quote] He has a good job with insurance that would cover it. Except I don't know how long he will have that job for, he hasn't been going to work. :/ He thinks there is someone at work trying to kill him. (part of his delusional thinking). The cops won't do anything until/unless he strikes out at someone. Evidently not thinking he's being a danger to himself at this point. Ditto the ER docs at the only hospital in the area with a psych unit. No matter that I and his brothers believe him to be. And we cannot do anything else 'for' him until/unless he starts asking for help, calls the number himself for therapy/treatment. etc. Which I doubt that he will. Because he seems to be caught up in the delusions so much he's not thinking straight half the time. Too worried about whatever is in the attic about to come in and kill him. (ps.... they have no attic). :jd_cry: [/quote]
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Super-strength cannabis flooding the streets of London is helping drive psychosis rates there to the highest levels recorded in Europe.
A major new study has found that smoking powerful strains like skunk every day made people five times more likely to develop mental health problems.
Nearly a third of cases recorded in south east London hospitals were linked to people smoking these powerful drugs, which now make up 94 per cent of the cannabis sold in the city.
Doctors warned that with hospitals already lacking resources for mental health provision, cannabis smoking was placing an enormous burden on the city’s strained psychiatric units.
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No wonder violent crime stats are up everywhere...
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