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‘A man who threw his 11-month-old son into a river believed the baby was turning into the devil....the defendant had suffered from mental health problems throughout his life and at 17 was sectioned and diagnosed with psychosis related to cannabis use.’
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18894468.dad-killed-thought-baby-devil/
https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18894468.dad-killed-thought-baby-devil/
‘Mr Hall said: “His early life was punctuated with exposures to violence and cannabis use.”
‘He began a relationship with Miss Blood in 2016 and in October 2018 Zakari, their first son, was born. Mr Hall said, following Zakari’s birth, the couple argued and Bennett-Eko began to miss GP appointments and started to consume cannabis again.’
The whole thing is very sad but it shouldn't really come as a huge surprise to people by now that Cannabis use can be linked to psychosis & violence.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-52579120
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-52579120
‘Compared with never-users, continued exposure to cannabis (use at age 18, 32 and 48 years) was associated with a higher risk of subsequent violent behaviour’
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26961342/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26961342/
‘Greater frequency of use of marijuana was found unexpectedly to be associated with greater likelihood to commit weapons offenses; and this association was not found for any of the other drugs, except for alcohol.‘ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J069v20n01_06
‘Marijuana use was also found associated with commission of Attempted Homicide/Reckless Endangerment offenses.’
‘Marijuana use is associated with changes in impulse control and hostility in daily life.’
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4330120/
‘Consistent use of marijuana during adolescence was most predictive of intimate partner violence. Consistent marijuana use was related to an increased risk of intimate partner violence perpetration.’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22080574/
‘Adolescent marijuana use, particularly consistent use throughout adolescence, is associated with perpetration or both perpetration of and victimization by intimate partner violence in early adulthood.’
‘This study suggests that cannabis use disorder is a significant risk factor for VB amongst early psychosis patients’
(VB = violent behaviour) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00294/full
(VB = violent behaviour) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00294/full
‘Current marijuana use was positively related to frequency of child physical abuse’ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593739/
‘Density of medical marijuana dispensaries and delivery services was positively related to frequency of physical abuse.’
‘These results demonstrate a moderate association between cannabis use and physical violence.’
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32456503/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32456503/
‘A significant body of evidence suggests a link between persistent cannabis use and violence among people with mental illnesses’ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41537-020-0104-x
‘Although persistent cannabis use predicted subsequent violence, violence did not predict cannabis use. The relationship was therefore unidirectional.’
‘Study results revealed that youth who reported heavy use of either alcohol, marijuana, or illicit drugs were three to ten times more likely to report carrying a weapon or engaging in a physical fight.’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32500451/
‘A 10% increase in cannabis use frequency is associated with a 0.4% increase in frequency of violence.’ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Cannabis-use-and-violence%3A-Is-there-a-link-Norstr%C3%B6m-Rossow/f78aa04f542d1c6271723dc4d531db968ef3c307
‘Marijuana use was positively and significantly associated with psychological, physical, and sexual IPV perpetration, even after controlling for alcohol use and problems’
IPV = intimate partner violence. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663469/
IPV = intimate partner violence. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663469/
‘Homicides were associated with cocaine and marijuana use.’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28430081/
The evidence is there if you can be bothered to look for it basically.
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