For a moment i thought the story might relate to the politics of cannabis in Germany leading to mass psychosis but no according to a study this has happened
Germany has recorded a sharp rise in cannabis-related psychiatric cases in the year since Olaf Scholz’s government legalised the drug, according to new medical data that challenges the coalition’s promise of “harm reduction.” A study by the Psychiatric Clinics of Swabia shows a 40% increase in disorders linked to cannabis use since the law came into force on April 1, 2024, along with a near-doubling of cannabis-induced psychoses.
The study, by the Psychiatric Clinics of Swabia (Bavaria), published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, analyzed adult hospital admissions between April 2022 and April 2025. The research, covering six hospitals responsible for psychiatric care in a region of 1.9 million inhabitants, found a 40% increase in disorders related to cannabis consumption after legalization. Even more alarming, psychoses induced by the drug almost doubled, rising from 17 to 30 cases per million inhabitants per quarter.
“The increase is evident and forces us to observe the trend with the utmost attention,” explained Professor Alkomiet Hasan, director of the study and Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Augsburg. Although he does not claim a definitive causal relationship between the law and the rise in illnesses, Hasan warns that these data should serve as an “early warning.”
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