Sooo... I just read all of these posts and THEN read the original BBC article. Nothing but suppositions, probabilities, assumed data, and claims with no reference to original data. Its the biggest load of bullocks Ive read today, congrats to the UK for being even more propogandist than the US.

However, he said: "If something has an active effect in inducing the symptoms of psychosis after one dose, then it would not be at all surprising if repeated use induced the chronic condition."
Well, professor Robin Murray... what a bold conclusion. This testing wouldnt possibly, by any chance, be funded by your government would it? Are you sure there is no bias here???? Government data is the least reliable of all. It is always motivated by its own means and ends, and will justify either of them any way it can. I understand this is run by a college, but... that rarely means anything at all. I want to see some raw data, some real test results.

They gave THC and CBD in pill form separately?? Cannabinidiol has been shown to have little to no effect if administered without THC. Even though they both attach to the CB2 receptors, the psychoactive properties of CBD which is to say, the body high, arent felt unless taken with THC as well. Many of the medical effects can still be beneficial without THC, but they arent going to achieve any accurate psychoactive predictions when taken separately.

This is why these tests all have the same results. They are designed and carried out by people who dont really have a clue what they are looking for. They are just trying to make an obscure connection, and simply look 30 years in the past and copy the format of all the drug testing they were doing then. They administered THC intraveneously???? Yeah I wonder why those first time users were feelin psychotic...

Back to the CBD, the researchers mentioned that since THC and CBD compete with each other biochemically (refering to the fact that they both attach to the CB2 receptors, one of the most populous receptors in our body), they cancel each other out. Not true. In fact, when they work in tandem, they magnify the effects of the other.

Heres another good laugh... going back to good ol Murphy..

Professor Robin Murray, a consultant psychiatrist at the Institute of Psychiatry, said the research provided the strongest evidence that cannabis had a significant impact on the brain.

He said proving a long-term effect was extremely difficult, as it was not ethical or feasible to stimulate long-term psychosis in volunteers.

However, he said: "If something has an active effect in inducing the symptoms of psychosis after one dose, then it would not be at all surprising if repeated use induced the chronic condition."
Ahh ok, lets completely violate the scientific process and make a long-term, essentially groundless, assumption based upon very short-term data.

Marjorie Wallace, of the mental health charity Sane, called the research a "significant contribution" to the understanding of the dangers of cannabis.

"Sane has been saying for years that there is a link between psychosis and the drug, particularly in its more potent forms.

"We strongly urge the government to heed the growing evidence and take urgent action to warn young people that some of them are risking lifelong mental illness - that they are playing Russian roulette with their minds."
Hey... lets add salt to the wound by making a very bold statement based upon a groundless assumption.

This shit makes me sick.
GraziLovesMary Reviewed by GraziLovesMary on . Article on the effects of THC vs. CBD Check out this latest barnacle - christ it was only yesterday they were banging on about how smoking cannabis gives you emphysemia by the time your 35 or something... They finally found evidence that cannabis rots your brain! BBC NEWS | Health | Cannabis 'disrupts brain centre' "They then recorded reduced activity in an area of the brain which keeps inappropriate thoughts at bay." What you mean a part of our brain is there to STOP us from thinking? Rating: 5