{"id":1515,"date":"2017-04-05T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T00:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/australian-psychiatrist-patrick-mcgorry-plans-to-dope-anxious-12-year-olds-with-medical-cannabis\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:00:37","slug":"australian-psychiatrist-patrick-mcgorry-plans-to-dope-anxious-12-year-olds-with-medical-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/australian-psychiatrist-patrick-mcgorry-plans-to-dope-anxious-12-year-olds-with-medical-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry Plans to Dope \u201cAnxious\u201d 12 Year Olds with \u201cMedical\u201d Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Citizens Commission on Human Rights International is opposing the world-first study that could lead to millions of Australian and American teens being doped with prescribed marijuana.&rdquo; By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog March 15, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Australian psychiatrist Patrick McGorry, renowned for his debunked and dangerous theory that pre-drugging adolescents with antipsychotics can prevent psychosis, now plans to prescribe medical cannabis to treat &ldquo;anxious&rdquo; 12 year olds. His Australian study will give the drug to 12 to 25 year olds to treat anxiety and other &ldquo;mental health issues.&rdquo; Mental health watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International, is opposing the world-first study being given final approval by the Australian federal ethics committee later this month.[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2017\/03\/15\/patrick-mcgorry-plans-to-dope-12yearolds-with-cannabis\/#_edn1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>] Prof. McGorry&rsquo;s study could lead to millions of Australian and also American teens being doped up with prescribed marijuana, although it is argued that it is without psychoactive properties.[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2017\/03\/15\/patrick-mcgorry-plans-to-dope-12yearolds-with-cannabis\/#_edn2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>] McGorry has strong ties to leading American psychiatrists and the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/2017\/03\/15\/patrick-mcgorry-plans-to-dope-12yearolds-with-cannabis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button\">For More <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Citizens Commission on Human Rights International is opposing the world-first study that could lead to millions of Australian and American teens being doped with prescribed marijuana.&rdquo; 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