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Cannabis ‘doubles risk of psychotic episodes’

Using cannabis in one's youth almost doubles the risk of having psychotic episodes like paranoia and hallucinations, a study has found.

A team of international researchers followed the lives of almost 2,000 young Germans, who began with no history of psychosis, for more than a decade.

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Source: Stephen Adams, The Irish Independent, 02/03/2011

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