Medicinal cannabis concerns include psychosis and child poisonings. We’re not the only ones worried

Medicinal cannabis was legalised in Australia in 2016. But use really took off in 2021, when the TGA changed how people could access the unapproved products. Use in young men has been increasing the fastest. Generally, about one-third of use is for anxiety. This is despite TGA guidance stating medicinal cannabis containing THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is generally not appropriate for patients who “have a previous psychotic or concurrent active mood or anxiety disorder”.