High-potency cannabis kills white matter in brain
In experimental studies, THC has been shown to induce psychotic symptoms and “skunk-like” products high in THC are now thought to be the most commonly used forms of cannabis in the UK.
Scientists have suggested that super strength cannabis may prevent messages travelling between the two halves of the brain by damaging the nerve fibers in white matter.
“It is possible that these people already have a different brain and they are more likely to use cannabis”.
Studies have increasingly associated the use of skunk cannabis with increased risk of psychosis – a term used to describe hallucinations and delusions that arise from some mental disorders, such as schizophrenia.
Skunk is a more potent form of cannabis, typically stronger in smell and containing higher levels of the main active ingredient delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
The corpus callosum is particularly rich in cannabinoid receptors, on which the THC content of cannabis acts according...
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