Unraveling the Intoxicating and Therapeutic Effects of Cannabis Ingredients on Psychosis and Cognition

Research evidence suggests a dose-response relationship for the association between cannabis use and risk of psychosis. Such relationship seems to reflect not only an increased risk of psychosis as a function of frequent cannabis use, but also of high-potency cannabis use in terms of concentration of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9-THC), its main psychoactive component. This finding would be in line with the evidence that ∆9-THC administration...