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“Very, very, very worrying” — teen cannabis use doubles psychosis risk, study finds

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 23, 2026
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A study tracking 460,000 teenagers in Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California system until age 25 found that cannabis users faced double the odds of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder or a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia. The JAMA Health Forum study was designed to address the chicken-and-egg problem that has dogged earlier…

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