The Fuss about Cannabis Side Effects: How Bad Are They, Really?
January 15, 2019
The Fuss about Cannabis Side Effects: How Bad Are They, Really?
Authored By: Yaping Chang, Tahira Devji, Christopher Vannabouathong, Mohit Bhandari On Behalf of OrthoEvidence
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Orthopaedic Surgeon - United States
The side effects are significantly less than the serious side effects of opiods
Physiotherapist - Canada
I recently read a study that acute marijuana-induced psychosis may potentially lead to future illness based on the following study in the American Journal of Psychiatry by Marie Stephanie Kejser Starzer, Merete Nordentoft, and Carsten Hjorthøj (https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17020223). It is hard not to ignore this as a longer term potential harm that may occur in certain individuals. I don't have enough knowledge to comment on it but think it would be important to discuss it in the broader theme of using medical cannabis.
Orthopaedic Surgeon - Canada
There doesn't seem to any significant advantage to including the THC component