30 April 2007

Cannabis 'disrupts brain centre'

"Scientists have shown how cannabis may trigger psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia.

An Institute of Psychiatry team gave healthy volunteers the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

They then recorded reduced activity in an area of the brain which keeps inappropriate thoughts at bay."

Click on the link below for the full article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6606931.stm

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