CNN (3/17, Hunt) reports, “A review of existing research…found that a single dose of the main psychoactive ingredient (THC) in cannabis – equal to one joint – in otherwise healthy people, can temporarily induce psychiatric symptoms, including those associated with schizophrenia.” But, the review “found no evidence that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in weed that’s used in some medicinal cannabis and other products, does induce psychiatric symptoms.” The findings were published in Lancet Psychiatry.
MedPage Today (3/17, Hlavinka) reports that the review included “nine studies involving 196 healthy young adults.”
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— “Single joint linked with temporary psychiatric symptoms, review finds, “Katie Hunt, CNN, March 17, 2020