714 - The Risks of Psychotic Symptoms With Cannabis Use in Younger People
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English - January 31, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 559 ratingsNews Health & Fitness Medicine covid covid19 education health science coronavirus globalhealth medicine novelcoronavirus publichealth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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With more widespread use of cannabis has come an uptick of reports of related psychotic symptoms, especially among youths and young adults. Dr. David Wolinsky, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, talks with Stephanie Desmon about cannabis and the risk of psychosis and what is known (and not known) about how cannabinoids interact with our bodies. They also discuss who might be most at risk and some takeaways people can consider about cannabis use when the field of research is still so lacking about the benefits and risks.