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Maraya1969

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5. Not only can it cause blackouts it can cause psychosis for some people with mental illness
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 04:04 PM
Jul 2024

This is from Australia and I don't know if they have different regulations over there.

"Doctors warn of significant increase in people hospitalised with psychosis after being prescribed medicinal cannabis"
Medicinal cannabis is causing harm to some patients, with doctors warning of a significant increase of people ending up in hospital with psychosis after being prescribed the drug.

Their concerns come amid a proliferation of "single-issue" cannabis clinics setting up in Australia, some of them willing to prescribe via telehealth consultations with few checks.

"We're seeing a lot of people getting medicinal cannabis who end up with their first psychotic episode, or we're seeing it dispensed to people who have psychotic conditions, and these people are relapsing," Professor Emmerson says.
"Part of the issue … are these single-issue clinics which, if you ring up, it doesn't matter what you say you want.

"They'll provide it for you even though there is probably no indication that it will work, and the prescribers never contact the person's treating doctor.

The other site talks about taking too much and having blackouts, different ones than from alcohol.




https://www.msn.com/en-au/health/other/doctors-warn-of-significant-increase-in-people-hospitalised-with-psychosis-after-being-prescribed-medicinal-cannabis/ar-BB1qkV2v

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