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BACKGROUND:Epidemiological evidence suggests a link between cannabis use and psychosis. A variety of factors have been proposed to mediate an individual's vulnerability to the harmful effects of the drug, one of which is their psychosis proneness. We hypothesized that highly psychosis-prone individuals would report more marked psychotic experiences under the acute influence of cannabis. METHOD:A group of cannabis users (n=140) completed the Psychotomimetic States Inventory (PSI) once while acutely intoxicated and again when free of cannabis. A control group (n=144) completed the PSI on two parallel test days. All participants also completed a drug history and the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Highly psychosis-prone individuals from both groups were then compared with individuals scoring low on psychosis proneness by taking those in each group scoring above and below the upper and lower quartiles using norms for the SPQ. RESULTS:Smoking cannabis in a naturalistic setting reliably induced marked increases in psychotomimetic symptoms. Consistent with predictions, highly psychosis-prone individuals experienced enhanced psychotomimetic states following acute cannabis use. CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest that an individual's response to acute cannabis and their psychosis-proneness scores are related and both may be markers of vulnerability to the harmful effects of this drug.
journal_name
Psychol Medjournal_title
Psychological medicineauthors
Mason O,Morgan CJ,Dhiman SK,Patel A,Parti N,Patel A,Curran HVdoi
10.1017/S0033291708004741subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-06-01 00:00:00pages
951-6issue
6eissn
0033-2917issn
1469-8978pii
S0033291708004741journal_volume
39pub_type
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