10% of cases of psychosis.2 6 The task of deciding the harms of cannabis involves what Hall and Pacula 23 have described as a "choice of evils" in which the rights of the majority who use cannabis without experiencing problems are balanced against the risks of a minority who may develop serious health consequences.The implications of these findings for both public health policy on cannabis, and the legal status of cannabis, are by no means straightforward or self evident.We need to develop an informed consensus on the risks posed by cannabis and the mechanisms for dealing with such risks.
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