Even one puff of a cannabis joint can lead to psychosis, according to research by doctors from two British universities.
A study by a team led by Dr Stanley Zammit from Bristol and Cardiff universities revealed frequent users of cannabis have twice the risk of non-users of developing psychotic symptoms.
This comes in light of home secretary Jacqui Smith’s recent confession to having smoked the drug at university. And chancellor Alistair Darling. And transport secretary Ruth Kelly. And Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman. In fact, to be a member of Gordon Brown’s new cabinet it would seem like a prerequisite to have smoked drugs ‘once or twice’ at university.
But what of the impact of these activities on their brains now? Are we to be on the look out for politicians who are hallucinating or delusional? (and how do we know this is as a result of previous drug use rather than a side effect of power?)
More importantly, 35 % of communitycare.co.uk's users have admitted to being a regular cannabis user in their lives. What is the impact of this on service provision and how they relate to clients?
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