Pharmacologist focused on effects of cannabis / cannabinoids. Director of UCLA's Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids @UCLACannabis
Jan 9, 2019 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
In response to the recent @NYTimes editorial on cannabis and as a committee member on the @theNASEM#cannabis and #cannabinoids report we did NOT conclude that cannabis causes schizophrenia.
What Advocates of Legalizing Pot Don’t Want You to Know nyti.ms/2Rw2ngF
We found 1) an #association between cannabis use and schizophrenia and 2) an #association between cannabis use and IMPROVED cognitive outcomes in individuals with psychotic disorders (not mentioned in the editorial).