I watched a Nature of Things with David Suzuki yesterday about marijuana and schizophrenia, the point of which was that some kids are more likely to get dx'd with sz after smoking the new pot which has more thc and less cannabinoil (or something) than what we smoked in the 60's. the chemicals used to both be at like 3 percent, now the thc is at 20 percent and there is less of the other stuff, which was protective against sz, because the plant can't produce both substances, it's being bred for high thc. Anyway, some dr at the beginning of the show described psychosis as the brain "reading too much" into the information it receives, because of how your dopamine and serotonin is working. A common test is playing white noise, and seeing if you hear voices in it. That means your brain is working overtime to create info where there is none. I thought it was an awesome explanation. the show was called the downside of getting high, or something like that.
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