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Discusses research linking heavy marijuana use to schizophrenia and paranoid psychosis, particularly focusing on the effects of THC on the brains of young users.

In a multi-site study, adolescents presenting to the ED with synthetic cannabinoid acute toxicity had severe neuropsychiatric outcomes.

"This engaging book traces the global history of marijuana, reaching back thousands of years. Noted historian John Charles Chasteen follows the use of the drug since Neolithic times, which makes marijuana among the first domesticated plants. Surprisingly, though, only infrequently has it been used as a recreational drug. Instead, there is a vibrant spiritual dimension to its long history that has been continually ignored. Beginning with the familiar...

Marijuana is one of our most commonly used and least stigmatized drugs. While often considered less harmful that other drugs, new research presented in this video clip shows that smoking pot increases the risk of developing a psychotic illness by 40%. While the risk to an individual is still low, with so many people using cannabis, the impact overall is substantial.

"The second edition of this critically acclaimed and award-winning text provides a comprehensive overview of the psychiatry and neuroscience of Cannabis sativa (marijuana). It outlines the very latest developments in our understanding of the human cannabinoid system, and links this knowledge to clinical and epidemiological facts about the impact of cannabis on mental health. Clinically focused chapters review not only the direct psychomimetic properties...

In this study comparing adolescent self-reported tobacco, e-cigarette and marijuana use with urinary biomarkers, patterns of use were correlated with higher cotinine and THCA levels.

Bennett was director of the National Drug Control policy under President George H.W. Bush. He offers strong societal and scientific arguments against the legalization of marijuana, in a call-to-action for the 46 states that know better than to support full legalization. Bennett and White provides a voice of reason for millions who have jumped on the legalization bandwagon because they haven't had access to the facts.

The growing, processing, transporting and selling of illegal drugs is the world's second largest industry behind the manufacture and sale of arms. Don Henry Ford, Jr. tells his story about the drug business in Piedritas, Mexico and his good friend Oscar Cabello, a mid-level Mexican narcotraficante - smuggling and transporting marijuana across the Rio Grande.