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Psychosis Associated with Cannabis Smoking

Kenneth Davison, C. Helen Wilson

British Journal of Addiction to Alcohol & Other Drugs September 1, 1972 DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1972.tb01198.x (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Case study Case report Peer reviewed
Sample size 1
Population A university student
Topics Cannabis
Key findings The authors report a case of prolonged psychosis in a university student in which cannabis smoking was thought to be a significant aetiological factor, and they argue that such casualties should be recorded as cannabis use becomes more widespread.

Abstract

SummaryWhile the debate en whether cannabis is harmless or not continues it is helpful to record the casualties of its increasingly widespread use. A report is given of the occurrence of a prolonged psychosis in a University student in which cannabis smoking was thought to be a significant aetiological factor.

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