TY - JOUR
T1 - Marijuana and Psychosis
T2 - Policy Implications for Treatment Providers
AU - Bagot, Kara S.
AU - Chang, Alexander
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - In 2017, the annual prevalence of marijuana use rose to 24% among 8 th to 12 th graders, despite decreases in rates of other illicit substance use. 1 This is of concern, as increasing use is coupled with declining perception of harm among adolescents, 1 increasing potency of cannabis, 2 ease of adolescents’ access to marijuana, 1 and progressive medicalization and legalization of marijuana. Exposure to high levels of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol through cannabis use triggers repeated activation of the endogenous mesolimbic dopaminergic system, desensitization, and progressive enhancement of acquired susceptibility to psychosis.
AB - In 2017, the annual prevalence of marijuana use rose to 24% among 8 th to 12 th graders, despite decreases in rates of other illicit substance use. 1 This is of concern, as increasing use is coupled with declining perception of harm among adolescents, 1 increasing potency of cannabis, 2 ease of adolescents’ access to marijuana, 1 and progressive medicalization and legalization of marijuana. Exposure to high levels of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol through cannabis use triggers repeated activation of the endogenous mesolimbic dopaminergic system, desensitization, and progressive enhancement of acquired susceptibility to psychosis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050671051&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.05.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.05.010
M3 - Letter
C2 - 30071983
AN - SCOPUS:85050671051
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 57
SP - 613
EP - 614
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IS - 8
ER -