NHS Scotland has dealt with 3,700 new patients in the last three years suffering from a range of psychotic delusions and hallucinations linked to the drug.
For the first time, cannabinoids, the active compounds in the drug, are responsible for more fresh cases of psychiatric hospital admissions than any other drug. Experts say young people seem particularly at risk and warn against moves to relax the law around cannabis.
Psychiatric problems linked to cannabis have climbed since it was effectively decriminalised in Scotland in 2016. Admissions have increased by 68% in the wake of police deciding to hand out warnings to those caught with the drug for their own use.
also see The Right for Recovery – Not Damage Management Proposed Right to Addiction Recovery Scotland Bill | Scottish Parliament Website