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Scientists in England made an amazing discovery. Pot makes you paranoid!
From the AP here:
New findings on marijuana’s damaging effect on the brain show the drug triggers temporary psychotic symptoms in some people, including hallucinations and paranoid delusions, doctors say.
Small doses of THC produced temporary psychotic symptoms in people, including hallucinations and paranoid delusions, doctors said.
In analyzing MRI scans of the study’s subjects, McGuire and his colleagues found that THC interfered with activity in the inferior frontal cortex, a region of the brain associated with paranoia.
“THC is switching off that regulator,” McGuire said, effectively unleashing the paranoia usually kept under control by the frontal cortex.
In another study scientists found that marijuana worsens psychotic symptoms of schizophrenics.
While D’Souza had intended to study marijuana’s impact on schizophrenics in more patients, the study was stopped prematurely because the impact was so pronounced that it would have been unethical to test it on more people with schizophrenia.
Next scientists may tell us the shocking theory about how ducks float.
