Psychedelics, Psychosis, and Risk Reduction
Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories
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Do You Have THC Induced Psychosis?
pure THC is profoundly psychedelic. It also has a kind of nonspecific augmenting effect on the classic psychedelics. If you have what's called the CC variant of the AKT1 gene, daily marijuana use can increase your risk of substance induced psychosis by seven times. The strongest predictor of progression from substance induced psychosis to schizophrenia was THC plus a family history of primary psychosis like schizophrenia,. adolescent weed use, male gender.
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