Is there such a condition as cannabis-induced psychosis?
Monday, April 30th, 2007
Q. My 18 year old son has had a psychotic breakdown. I have noticed that he was depressed since the last 3 months, but reasoned it was because all his friends had left the country for university abroad, and he was the only one left behind and missed them. He stopped keeping in touch with them and lost interest in his studies. The psychiatrist says most likely the cause is cannabis psychosis, which he said is rare and happens to about 1 in a 100,000 people. I am aware that my son has tried cannabis and smoked regularly every weekend in his last semester of school. Thereafter, he smoked perhaps once or twice a month with his friends but ...
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