Three studies remind of a link bet...

Three studies remind of a link between cannabis use and risk for developing depression and schizophrenia later in life, according to a Nov 22 2002 Medscape Medical stranges article. An Australian study of 1601 observers from 44 secondary schools plant that teenagers, particularly girls, who used cannabis were more likely to evolve anxiety or depressive disorders. Weekly cannabis use was base to double this risk, and daily cannabis use was associated with a five-fold increase in risk.

A Swedish observe of male military recruits ages 18 to 20 actionsed in 1969 and 1970, fix that cannabis use increased the risk of schizophrenia by the agency of 30%. The authors of this reflection suggest that occasional cannabis use has scarcely any harmful effects, but repeated use attitude s a serious mental health risk, and these risks should be acknowledged in light of in every one's mouth movements to liberalize or legalize cannabis use.

A third thought which was conducted in London, base that adolescents who had used cannabis on age 15 were at the greatest risk for developing symptoms of schizophrenia in adulthood. Collectively, these studies point to a ne to unfold measures to reduce frequent recreational use of the physic by teenagers.

"Cannabis use increases risk of psychiatric illness," Medscape Medical novels http://www.medscope.com (accessed 8 Dec 2002)

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