Smoking weed DOESN’T cause psychosis in teens, after all.

Bad news for drug prohibitionists – a new study has thrown doubt on the idea that smoking cannabis can cause psychosis in teens.

Drug war advocates have repeatedly cited previous research which showed that teenagers who smoked were at a higher risk of psychotic episodes – using it as evidence that dope is making children crazy.

The new study by University of Oxford, University of Leeds and used 4,830 16-year-old twins to rule out genetic factors – and found that both cannabis use and psychotic episodes were triggered by environmental factors, including being poor, or bullying.

In other words, cannabis doesn’t cause the episodes – children who are under stress for other reasons tend to smoke dope, and are also at higher risk of psychotic episodes.

No they lead very successful fulfilling lives.

I think anger directed at source-less articles is righteous anger.

Y u link dailymail???? You may well be experiencing psychosis if you think that's a respectable source, I'd recommend cutting down your cannabis use.

Yeah maybe, it is a little frustrating isn't it, we get it every time a cannabis psychosis study is released or any study of interest, that's just how the media do things i'm afraid and very few will bother to read the study anyway.

Well of course it's not respectable, but you said no one would, the Daily Mail will. Maybe you could find the study they're referring to?

Indeed.

Wait what, I can't agree with you.

Sure, but you could probably find some idiot that agrees with anything (eg daily sport). I could, but imo it's the responsibility of the person presenting the proposition, rather than person attempting to disprove it, to show the actual source.