Cannabis: What Teenagers Need to Know

Synopsis: This programme explores the latest scientific research on the effects of cannabis on the human mind. In particular, the documentary considers evidence of links between cannabis and psychotic illness in young people.

British youngsters are using cannabis earlier and smoking more of it than any previous generation. Until very recently, very little was known about how cannabis actually affects developing brains. The programme meets young people who have developed psychotic illnesses after heavy cannabis use and speaks to the psychiatrists who have found links between users’ genetic makeup and the risk of developing mental illness.

CANNABIS: WHAT TEENAGERS NEED TO KNOW features the work of scientists who have used the latest technology to look inside peoples’ heads and see how cannabis changes the way people think. It meets the scientist whose unpublished new research suggests that cannabis can cause long-term chemical changes in users’ brains and supports the idea that it can be a gateway drug, making users more likely to take other drugs.
Series: Panorama
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2005
Subjects: Medical sciences; Social sciences
Keywords: drug abuse; marijuana; mental disorders; mental illness; psychological disorders; teenagers; social issues; cannabis

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