{"id":1750,"date":"2018-03-26T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T05:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/as-scans-show-drug-s-impact-on-brain-a-top-doctor-warns-of-a-psychosis-paranoid-delusions-and-a-superskunk-schizophrenia-timebomb\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:20","slug":"as-scans-show-drug-s-impact-on-brain-a-top-doctor-warns-of-a-psychosis-paranoid-delusions-and-a-superskunk-schizophrenia-timebomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/as-scans-show-drug-s-impact-on-brain-a-top-doctor-warns-of-a-psychosis-paranoid-delusions-and-a-superskunk-schizophrenia-timebomb\/","title":{"rendered":"As scans show drug\u2019s impact on brain, a top doctor warns of a psychosis, paranoid delusions and a superskunk schizophrenia timebomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK Mail on Sunday  PUBLISHED:  25 March 2018  <\/em><\/p>\n

Britain could set off a schizophrenia timebomb if it ignores the dangers of super-strength \u2018skunk\u2019 cannabis, one of the UK\u2019s most eminent psychiatrists warns today.<\/p>\n

Strong evidence now shows that smoking potent forms of the Class B drug increases the chance of psychosis, paranoid delusions and schizophrenia.<\/p>\n

But too many people \u2013 from teenagers to top officials \u2013 have little idea of the terrible toll it can take on the mind, says Professor Sir Robin Murray.<\/p>\n

Prof Murray, from the Institute of Psychiatry at King\u2019s College London, said: \u2018I don\u2019t think any serious researcher or psychiatrist would now dispute that cannabis consumption is a component cause of psychosis.\u2019<\/p>\n

He warned that:<\/p>\n