We need to acknowledge them.”She says cannabis use can contribute to adolescent mental illness, but her evidence consists of “horror stories” from parents. His psychiatrist (whom he started seeing when he began using marijuana at age 16) and I believe the early cannabis use led to psychosis, which led to schizophrenia, which led to his death. We urgently need research and voices like Abcarian’s. Cheryl Downey, Santa Monica..AdvertisementTo the editor: Legalization of cannabis carries risks, but it might reduce the black-market trade with its attendant violence and enable safeguards against impurity. Cannabis’ Schedule I status is a serious roadblock to better research into medical uses.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 19, 2020 11:03 UTC