Cannabis scare: it causes one in four cases of psychosis. And it increases the risk of schizophrenia.

SUPER SKUNK HEALTH DAMAGE –

The news has gone almost unnoticed, yet it is dramatic. Super-cannabis, a more potent strain than traditional cannabis, is responsible for one in four cases of psychosis . Not only that, those who use skunk , as the Anglo-Saxons call this deadly drug , see a fivefold increase in the risk of developing psychotic illnesses, such as schizophrenia, and are condemned to frequent hallucinations and slowed time . The alarm comes from a six-year study conducted by a group of scholars from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurology at King's College London and published in the journal Lancet.

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THE NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SUPER CANNABIS –

Science, therefore, does nothing but confirm concerns about the increasingly frequent use of what are improperly called "soft drugs." And Italy is at the forefront of this risk front, considering the starting point highlighted in the latest statistics from the Department for Anti-Drug Policies (DPA): nearly one in four young people between the ages of 15 and 19 regularly smokes cannabis . Indeed, super cannabis, the most popular narcotic among young people, usually combined with binge drinking , the simultaneous consumption of multiple alcoholic beverages.

SUPER CANNABIS CONSUMPTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE –

Over the past year, consumption of super-cannabis has increased by five percentage points compared to 2013 , completely counter to the decline in the use of cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy. Faced with such a devastating phenomenon, which exposes an entire generation to serious danger, we have chosen the most comfortable and least responsible path. In effect, cannabis, in its various forms, has been decriminalized, to the delight of small and large dealers (organized crime dominates this sector) and multinational tobacco companies desperately searching for potential alternatives to the sharply declining demand for cigarettes due to increasingly stringent anti-smoking laws.

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Super Cannabis Triples Risk of Mental Illness –

And while the public ignores the scientific community's warnings, such as the one recently arriving from London, the spread of cannabis for therapeutic purposes and the proliferation of cases of legalizing its cultivation are making headlines. Here too, there are specific beneficiaries: pharmaceutical holding companies that, after investing millions of euros to increase the supply of cannabis-based products, are now cashing in thanks to an increasingly marked trend toward legalization. In short, we are witnessing, in complicit silence, a collective form of political and civic desertion from the front lines of the fight against drug use and abuse. An unconditional surrender . After the studies linking super- cannabis to the spread of psychosis and schizophrenia, at least we should be spared the hypocrisy of calling it a "soft drug." Where it isn't hard, but very hard.

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