San Diego ER seeing up to 37 marijuana cases a day — mostly psychosis

 The Rise of Psychoses

• Psychoses are increasing as legal marijuana has transformed into a potent and unrecognizable product.
• One study showed an increase of 24% in cases of psychoses in emergency departments in Colorado in the five years following marijuana’s legalization in that state in 2012.

THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the psychoactive chemical, or cannabinoid, that causes both the euphoria and paranoia that tends to accompany marijuana highs.

• The strongest marijuana flower you can buy is in the range of 25% THC
• Edibles that are sold in dispensaries are made by chemically stripping the THC from the marijuana plant and creating a concentrated THC “wax” that’s typically three times that level
• “Dabs” are a form of THC that users smoke out of vape pens which can be over 90% THC

Since marijuana has been legalized in 19 states and counting, a $13 billion industry has emerged around it that has marketed the drug as a remedy for everything from chronic pain to anxiety.

• There are in fact only four cannabis-derived drugs that are FDA-approved: Epidiolex for seizures, Marinol and Syndros for nausea and anorexia, and Cesamet for nausea
• Beyond those four prescription drugs, evidence for claims to the medicinal properties of marijuana are scientifically lacking

https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/san-diego-er-seeing-up-to-37-marijuana-cases-a-day/