There is research concerning how the use of cannabis can cause the onset of psychosis and schizophrenia. The researchers are medical professionals and professors who have expertise in psychiatry, toxicology, neurobiology, epidemiology, pharmacology, translational therapeutics, neuroscience, behavioral sciences, molecular physiology, biophysics and addiction psychiatry. Their research is ongoing.

Researchers have longitudinal data supporting the causal link between cannabis and psychosis, schizophrenia and other mental disorders. Psychosis is a mental disorder characterized by a disconnection from reality. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel and behave clearly. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behaviors, diminished expressions, avolition (lack of motivation), alogia (difficulty speaking), anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure) and asocial (avoiding social interaction).

David Vivas Jr. is the pastor at World Harvest International Church in Delano.

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