A new study from Washington State shows that people with psychotic disorders face the highest risk of serious health problems from marijuana use.
Researchers studied over 4,000 marijuana users and found that people with psychotic disorders were far more likely to experience dangerous side effects like Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome — a condition that causes severe, repeated vomiting — heart problems, fainting, and hallucinations.
The study, published in the Community Mental Health Journal, found that marijuana users with mental illness also needed medical attention more often than other users.
Today’s marijuana is not the same drug from decades past. Modern marijuana is far more potent and has been linked to serious mental health problems, stroke, birth defects, cancers, and deadly heart disease.
Researchers now say marijuana doubles a person’s risk of death from heart disease.
And instead of decreasing crime, marijuana legalization has actually emboldened drug cartels and increased the flow of illegal drugs across America.
Studies like this one remind us once again that marijuana may be many things, but “harmless” simply is not one of them.
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