The New York Times (10/4, A1, Twohey , Ivory, Kessler ) reported that “from Washington State to West Virginia, psychiatrists treat rising numbers of people whose” cannabis use “has brought on delusions, paranoia and other symptoms of psychosis.” Meanwhile, “in the emergency departments of small community hospitals and large academic medical centers alike, physicians encounter patients with severe vomiting induced by the drug – a potentially devastating condition that once was rare but now, they say, is common.” According to the Times, “as marijuana legalization has accelerated across the country,” physicians “are contending with the effects of an explosion in the use of the drug and its intensity.” With more Americans “consuming more potent cannabis more often, a growing number, mostly chronic users, are enduring serious health consequences.”
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