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Health commissioner warns committee higher-potency cannabis could raise youth mental-health risks
Summary
Department official told the committee that rising THC potency is associated in recent studies with increased risks of psychosis and other mental-health harms, and urged caution before loosening potency caps; committee members requested comparative data from neighboring states.
Commissioner Helgeland (introduced by the Chair) told the Senate committee that recent public-health evidence points to an association between higher-potency THC products and increased risk of psychosis and other adverse mental-health outcomes in youth. He described anecdotal clinical impressions from therapeutic…
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