Book contents
- Marijuana and Madness
- Marijuana and Madness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 How cannabis works in the brain
- 2 Other cannabinoids
- 3 The function of the endocannabinoid system
- 4 Is cannabis becoming more potent?
- 5 What are the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis?
- 6 Cannabis, endocannabinoids and neurodevelopment
- 7 The impact of pubertal exposure to cannabis on the brain: a focus on animal studies
- 8 Cannabis and cognition: short- and long-term effects
- 9 Does cannabis cause lasting brain damage?
- 10 The association between cannabis use and depression: a review of the evidence
- 11 Cannabis, cannabinoids and bipolar disorder
- 12 Which cannabis users develop psychosis?
- 13 Cannabinoids and the cerebellum: a potential role in the development of psychosis
- 14 The neural basis for the acute effects of cannabis on learning and psychosis
- 15 Does cannabis use cause schizophrenia? The epidemiological evidence
- 16 Postmortem studies of the brain cannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 17 The endocannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 18 The acute effects of cannabinoids in patients with psychotic illness
- 19 Cannabis abuse and the course of schizophrenia
- 20 Understanding cannabis use in schizophrenia
- 21 Addressing cannabis use in people with psychosis
- Index
5 - What are the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
Book contents
- Marijuana and Madness
- Marijuana and Madness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 How cannabis works in the brain
- 2 Other cannabinoids
- 3 The function of the endocannabinoid system
- 4 Is cannabis becoming more potent?
- 5 What are the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis?
- 6 Cannabis, endocannabinoids and neurodevelopment
- 7 The impact of pubertal exposure to cannabis on the brain: a focus on animal studies
- 8 Cannabis and cognition: short- and long-term effects
- 9 Does cannabis cause lasting brain damage?
- 10 The association between cannabis use and depression: a review of the evidence
- 11 Cannabis, cannabinoids and bipolar disorder
- 12 Which cannabis users develop psychosis?
- 13 Cannabinoids and the cerebellum: a potential role in the development of psychosis
- 14 The neural basis for the acute effects of cannabis on learning and psychosis
- 15 Does cannabis use cause schizophrenia? The epidemiological evidence
- 16 Postmortem studies of the brain cannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 17 The endocannabinoid system in schizophrenia
- 18 The acute effects of cannabinoids in patients with psychotic illness
- 19 Cannabis abuse and the course of schizophrenia
- 20 Understanding cannabis use in schizophrenia
- 21 Addressing cannabis use in people with psychosis
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores the policy implications of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis for mental health services, health education about the risks of cannabis use, and public policy toward recreational cannabis use. It is useful to compare the strength of the evidence on cannabis and psychosis with that of observational evidence on relationships between adverse health effects and other types of drug use. These comparisons facilitate more consistent, even-handed appraisals of the comparative strengths and weakness of evidence on the adverse effects of different drugs. Providing credible advice to young people on the mental health risks of cannabis use is complicated by the polarized views on the health risks of cannabis expressed in the larger cannabis policy debate. It seems likely that governments in most developed countries will continue to prohibit cannabis use by adults, regardless of whether they do so by imposing criminal or civil penalties for use.
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- Marijuana and Madness , pp. 55 - 65Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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