While many students believe that marijuana is exclusively a recreational drug with no harmful effects, studies are beginning to show that this may not be the case. According to a recent study, there is a distinct correlation between marijuana use and the onset of schizophrenia-spectrum disorder.
Getting high from marijuana usually results in a relaxed feeling, but for some, it can end in a marijuana-induced psychosis.
The study, performed in Denmark by Dr. Mikkel Arendt, found that of the latter group, 77 percent of patients develop subsequent psychotic episodes and 45 percent are diagnosed with a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder.
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