Study: Cannabis has same effect on adolescents and adults, and CBD doesn't dampen effects uclnews
users of different ages responded to inhaling cannabis with differing levels of CBD.
The participants were asked to report how the drug was affecting them at regular intervals, and completed tests assessing their verbal memory and the psychotic-like effects of the drug . Lead author, psychology lecturer Dr. Will Lawn, who conducted the study at UCL before moving to King's College London, said,"Immediately following consumption, cannabis can elicit psychotic-like effects, and impair verbal memory, and adolescents in our study who regularly smoke cannabis were just as vulnerable to this as the adults were. Adolescence is a key developmental stage of life, when people are at an increased risk of developing mental health problems.
CBD has rapidly grown as an over-the-counter wellness supplement in recent years, and previously CBD in cannabis had been thought to mitigate against some of the unpleasant effects of THC. Dr. Lawn said,"Adding a moderate dose of vaporized CBD, about 25mg, to cannabis that is already high in THC does not alter the subjective experience, nor does it protect from effects such as paranoia or memory impairment. However, we have not investigated the long-term effects of low-dose CBD nor the therapeutic effects of high-dose pharmaceutical CBD here."
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