Schizophrenia, a chronic mental illness, is often accompanied by poorer cognitive functioning, and some research has suggested that marijuana may worsen schizophrenia. But this case-control study shows enhanced cognitive functioning in schizophrenic subjects who use...
Unlike the U.S., the British government maintains an independent group of scientific experts to advise it on drug policy, called the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. In 2005, concerned about reports linking marijuana use to mental illness, the government asked...
While by no means an anti-prohibitionist document, this World Health Organization report makes a number of interesting points. The report notes, “despite intensive interdiction efforts, there always seems to be enough [drugs] available to users.”...
Louisa Degenhardt, Wayne Hall and Michael Lynskey, “Testing hypotheses about the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis,” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 71, issue 1 (July 20, 2003): 37-48. The relationship between marijuana use and psychosis is a subject of...
Abstract This study examined the relationship between neuropsychological performance and three different indices of cannabis use in schizophrenia. These indices were DSM-IV lifetime abuse/dependence, frequency of use, and recency of use. Sixty males with...
