Teens have access to vastly more potent cannabis than their parents had at their age. Parents need to understand the risks, including psychosis

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    6 days ago

    Help me out here. I read the symptoms of psychosis, and I’ve definitely experienced those a couple times but only when I get super baked. But when it wears off I’m normal again.

    What am I missing? To me this sounds like there’s a link between bad driving and people that drink which is like “duh” to me.

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      6 days ago

      Wikipedia will be a much better source, but my understanding is that psychosis can be a temporary symptom, or it can be a permanent health condition that calls for medical treatment.

      Psychoactive drugs like marijuana, mushrooms, LSD, etc. can trigger permanent psychotic health condition on people who have genetic traits predisposed to such conditions.

      It’s like a genetic game of roulette whenever any of us smoke it-- it could be the beginning of a very difficult health condition to manage for the rest of our lives.