Young people who smoke marijuana for six years or more are twice as likely to have psychotic episodes, hallucinations, or delusions than people who have never used the drug, scientists said on Monday.
Marijuana is commonly referred to as a gateway drug. Some research has been used to support marijuana as a type of stepping stone to more dangerous drug choices (Morral, McCaffrey & Paddock, 2002). This information supports the “gateway hypothesis,” which argues that substance abuse is triggered by a progression of events that begins with use of an illegal substance such as alcohol or tobacco and then moves on to marijuana and then cocaine or another illicit drug.
Spice Gold is a designed drug that has been used by some as a complement to or substitution for marijuana. Now, a clinical report from Dresden offers study justification for the assumption that the drug is strongly addictive.
Science Daily issued a report examining a current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. Ulrich S. Zimmerman from the Dresden Technical University and his colleagues describe a young man who developed physical withdrawal symptoms after the regular consumption of Spice Gold. These symptoms were also accompanied by a dependence syndrome. … Continue Reading
