By David Castle, Robin Murray

This entire and updated review of the psychiatry and neuroscience of hashish sativa (marijuana) locations specific emphasis on psychotic issues. It outlines the most recent examine improving our wisdom of the human cannabinoid procedure, and hyperlinks it to medical and epidemiological proof in regards to the impression of hashish on psychological overall healthiness. arguable concerns are seriously explored, together with even if a discrete "cannabis psychosis" exists.

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