Cannabis-induced psychosis has reached crisis levels, forcing the NHS to open the first clinic specifically treating addicts of the mind-altering drug, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. In recent years there has been a series of shocking killings committed by cannabis users who had developed psychosis due to their use of the drug. ‘It became ridiculous how many psychosis patients were also cannabis smokers,’ she said. But Dr Di Forti warned against following the lead of Canada and the US states of California and Colorado, where legalisation has seen usage increase. ‘My concern is that there is no way you can legalise recreational cannabis without cannabis use going up, as has happened in America, and there is a potential for a lot of people to come to harm,’ she said.

Source: Daily Mail June 30, 2019 01:03 UTC