Cannabis and psychosis?

Question

As someone who is very pro-cannabis and someone who has smoked cannabis more times than I can count, I have never noticed any negative side effects. The plant has enriched my life with happiness and awareness, a very strong sense of self, and different realizations while "high". I have never noticed any negatives while smoking, after smoking, or weeks where I haven't smoked at all.
Therefore, it is hard for me to pictur cannabis causing psychosis. But alot of people around me tell me that it can cause psychosis and or schizophrenia.
I am curious as to if these accusations hold any truth. I have a hard time believing that medical marijuana dispensaries would give patients psychosis-inducing meds.
I don't think it is true. I would love to believe it isn't true.

Answer 1

In people who are PREDISPOSED to a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, the use of cannabis can indeed induce psychosis. Sadly, you won't know if you are predisposed to this until it happens, and by then it's too late. There is just no way of testing this.



I have worked in forensic psychiatric hospital wards for 10 years, and it was very evident that people with a psychotic illness become much sicker when using cannabis. They would experience an increase in hallucinations, especially auditory ones of a very negative nature, increased paranoia and aggression. Of note though, the exacerbation of symptoms would only occur once the high had worn off.



I am neither for or against cannabis, and I believe that in a healthy individual, the occasional use of cannabis is not harmful. I do however believe that young people should abstain from cannabis, as it IS a psychoactive substance (one that affects the biochemistry of the brain), which can harm or delay development.

Answer 2

You just romanticize weed because you love smoking it. I used to do the exact same thing and I know a fair few people who are still convinced that weed is this super drug which will solve all the worlds problems.



Cannabis does have negative effects, mostly mental health ones, it exacerbates underlying mental health problems such as psychosis, depression and anxiety. Of course its unlikely that weed alone causes psychosis, its more the fact that it exacerbates it or brings it out of the individual. I have psychosis and weeddefinitelyy makes it worse.



The main problem with cannabis and psychosis is thedisproportionatee ration between CBD and THC due to early cropping. Look into this if you want to read a bit more into psychosis and cannabis.

Answer 3

I have no medical experience, but from personal experience I have seen cannabis create paranoia in one person, and psychosis in another. I believe these people were more prone to it than other people.

Answer 4

No, I doubt it. Unless they were already mentally ill to begin with. I love mushrooms, cannabis, and mescaline. Very spiritual and introspective

Answer 5

No that's not true you cannot go insane or anything you may forget a few things from your child hood from smoking so much and killing so many brain sells but no and if you do forget something it wouldn't be something important anyways, so no that's a lie.