Study: Cannabis use disorder is a developmental disease

Abstract

A study released May 8 focused on the serious danger of psychosis related to frequent high-dose cannabis use. Written by veteran cannabis researcher Jasmin Hurd, M.D. and colleagues, the study, “The developmental trajectory to cannabis use disorder” (to be published in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry), senior author Hurd, working with lead author Jess Hinckley, M.D, an adolescent psychiatrist at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, looked at the many harms of cannabis use to young people who are still developing.