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Teens who smoke pot at risk for later schizophrenia, psychosis

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Teens who smoke pot at risk for later schizophrenia, psychosis [1]
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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  • Teens [2]
  • Schizophrenia [3]

Evidence is mounting that regular marijuana use increases the chance that a teenager will develop psychosis [4], a pattern of unusual thoughts or perceptions, such as believing the television is transmitting secret messages. It also increases the risk of developing schizophrenia [5], a disabling brain disorder that not only causes psychosis, but also problems concentrating and loss of emotional expression.

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[1] http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/teens-who-smoke-pot-at-risk-for-later-schizophrenia-psychosis-201103071676
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/teens
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/schizophrenia
[4] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002520/
[5] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001925/