Psychotic Symptoms in Some Marijuana Users Challenge Providers

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Psychotic Symptoms in Some Marijuana Users Challenge Providers

Today's increasingly favored delivery systems for the psychoactive compound in marijuana have heightened the risk of psychotic symptoms among users, according to leaders in the treatment and research communities. An addiction treatment center medical director tells Addiction Professional that in a growing number of cases he encounters, the effects of vaping THC or using marijuana wax have become so pronounced that the individual cannot successfully be helped in a traditional substance use treatment setting.