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Daniel Amen: “The risk is somewhere between two to four times, especially…”

Featuring: Daniel Amen, Founder and CEO of Amen Clinics | National

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Published | Video Starts at 03:53

So that's a 700% increased risk of becoming psychotic issue if you are a heavy user of marijuana. So not for everybody, right? But for everybody. The risk is somewhere between two to four times, especially if you start young. And now it's the young that are suffering from the idea that marijuana is innocuous because it's not innocuous, but because they think it's innocuous. (03:53–04:00)

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Asserts that the risk of psychosis from marijuana use is two to four times higher, especially for young users.

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